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Originally Posted by HarryT
To be honest with you, astra - yes, the Kindle has disappointed me. Not the machine itself (which is very nice), but the fact that its primary selling point is the easy wireless purchase of books, and, basically, every single blooming book that I've wanted to buy has been geographically restricted!
Amazon has announced the setting up of a UK bookstore, so hopefully that will aleviate the problem, but at present, owning an international Kindle is a fraustrating experience when it comes to buying "bestsellers". If that's your desire, there are many better devices available at present.
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I hear you. When I bought it I didn't buy it for buying books, and I'm typically not buying bestsellers, but even so I have looked up books and have disappointed by the prices - the 'international' prices aren't all that much of a bargain.
Also, I don't like the buying process. I've bought one book, and after clicking 'buy' on the Kindle, I expected to get a confirm page with a price stated, but no, I had just bought it. There was a 'regret' option, but still... I know it's one-click buy and so on, but it's still on the verge of sneaky IMO.
However, the devcie is great, and my best so far, for fiction.