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flubu · 06-29-2007, 11:37 AM

I've finally decided I was tired of waiting and bought a reader. It should be in my grubby mitts by the end of july when a friend comes back from his US-bound vacation.

I've been browsing on the Connect website and it mentions in multiple places that you need to be a US resident to buy books which, you know, sucks. I blatantly ignored the requirement and signed up, bypassing the credit card billing information - which I can't provide (not having a US credit card).

Now my question is this: even if I can't provide valid billing information, will I still be able to use the 150$ of free credit I got through the reader deal and download ebooks? What do I do after that if I want to get more ebooks? Buy lit and break the DRM? What are other non-us residents doing about this?

06-29-2007, 11:37 AM	#1
flubu master of my own domain Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cambridge, UK Device: Sony Reader	Connect store and non-US residents I've finally decided I was tired of waiting and bought a reader. It should be in my grubby mitts by the end of july when a friend comes back from his US-bound vacation. I've been browsing on the Connect website and it mentions in multiple places that you need to be a US resident to buy books which, you know, sucks. I blatantly ignored the requirement and signed up, bypassing the credit card billing information - which I can't provide (not having a US credit card). Now my question is this: even if I can't provide valid billing information, will I still be able to use the 150$ of free credit I got through the reader deal and download ebooks? What do I do after that if I want to get more ebooks? Buy lit and break the DRM? What are other non-us residents doing about this?