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Originally Posted by jeffyen
It knows by its IP address.
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Are you sure about that? In fact, does the Kindle even have its own IP address? Surely, the address that Amazon sees is that of the network you are connected to at any given time?
If you are right about the IP address, then I would expect it to connect to my UK account when I am in the UK, but it clearly doesn't do that. It doesn't even know I have a UK account.
In any case, the page you directed me to has got nothing to do with which country's Amazon store your Kindle is registered to. My understanding is that it is used to tell Amazon your current country of residence, which it needs to know when determining whether to charge VAT and also for dealing with geographic restrictions on some books.
Mike