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Originally Posted by Jellby
Can't you buy US editions at amazon.com from the UK? I know I can buy buy books without problems at amazon.com or amazon.co.uk from Spain...
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It's a different arrangement. With Amazon (or any other physical bookstore), Amazon buy the book from the publisher and can then sell it on to whomsoever they wish. With an eBook, you're getting the book directly from the publisher - the web site is simply providing a "portal" for you to do so. eBook stores don't "buy" books from the publisher in advance and then re-sell them to you - if they did, the problem wouldn't arise. Amazon's e-Books
are single-country - you can't buy them unless you have a US credit card.