I noticed elsewhere on these forums folk feeling unsatisfied re. geographical restrictions on ebook sales. Being outside the US is apparently a problem.
But if you're in China (like me), and you use a Kindle, that's when you really hit a brick wall! Because even if you have previously bought stuff from Amazon (using a credit card drawn on a Chinese bank) and had it shipped to China with no problem, Amazon will now refuse to let you make any purchases from the Kindle store because "Kindle and Kindle content are not available for China".
You cannot use the Kindle wireless service to do anything here, the only thing that will be piped through to you is a welcome message from the CEO when you register the device!
But I did have hopes that Amazon would permit me to buy ebooks, download them and put them on with the USB cord.
There is a book that I have recently seen mentioned on these forums (
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens… Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life) that I am longing to read, which is only available as an ebook from the Kindle store. I would be very willing to part with $10 to enjoy it, but I cannot!