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Originally Posted by woodmill
It all seems good with the exception of the books available to me in Australia.
I have read on here someone suggesting registering your Kindle in the UK (where I am from and still have credit card) and using a VPN so that your computer fools Amazon into thinking you are in the UK and therefore obtaining access to more books.
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I'm not sure that the UK have a greater selection of books available. Plus you'd probably end up getting slugged a little extra for VAT.
A quick check on Amazon shows 369 thousand books for Australia, 372 thousand for the UK and 504 thousand for the US.
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I have also been looking at the Sony.
Will all readers have the same problem I am faced with Amazon and the kindle or are other readers giving access to more on-line stores?
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They'll all have the some problem, and Amazon seem to be a bit more active about getting overseas rights than some of the other bookstores.
The big thing about Amazon vs everyone else is that Amazon sell only their own format, and in the main the Kindle can only read this format. A lot of the other readers support Epub format, and most of the non-Amazon stores sell Epub.
So it's a choice between Kindle + the Amazon store only, or another reader + all the other stores. I suspect for non-US customers Amazon > all the others put together (in terms of range), but this may change.
hope this helps!