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Originally Posted by geertm
The remark about changing the e-mail address made me think about something else. What if they just check your ip-address to determine your country?
I have checked this by using www.hidemyass.com (found after a quick google search). And indeed, using this site to open the Fictionwise website the verification links on my bookshelf are gone, and I can download all my books again  . So it seems the new bookshelf verification is linked to your ip-address.
As I do not know how safe this site ( www.hidemyass.com) is, I have changed my Fictionwise password. But is seems the workaround for the new verification is using a service like this, or a proxyserver, so that Fictionwise detects a USA ip-address.
Can anyone recommend a service of proxyserver to use for this purpose? |
Thanks, this is awesome, I went to download Dan Brown's new book, the Lost Symbol, that I'd pre-ordered using the old "use micropay dollars with a US address" trick, and found that they wanted a credit card! I have now downloaded the book and will read it happily, as it is not even offered as an ebook in Australia (that I've been able to find anyway!).
this forum rocks!
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