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nicky10013 · 07-04-2010, 09:22 PM

Hi,

I just got my nook today and I'm from north of the border. I did a ton of research and came to conclusion that this was the best one. I read multiple forum posts saying that all you need is a US shipping and billing address and you wouldn't have problems with the "only ships to the US" problem with the online B&N store. I read a few entries by a few different people (on other sites as well as this one) saying that their nooks were working perfectly. Well, I've run into this blasted IP restriction which despite the couple months of research I've done, I haven't seen anything about. Out of 20-30 PD free books I've been messing around with, only 2 have worked.

I've also seen people swear by a fix using a proxy server. That if you add books to your library using the proxy server and update your library through the nook, that the content will work on the nook. Unfortunately, this isn't the case for me. Using the server, I can download books to my PC whereas without one I couldn't, yet when I go to update the nook, it still prompts me to download the material and then I get the caution saying that the product is currently unavailable. When I attempt to load the physical book file onto the nook, it still prompts me to download and it won't.

Does anyone know of a fix that works or am I screwed until Barnes and Noble gets it's international copyright problems in order?

Thanks for all the help in advance!
Nick

07-04-2010, 09:22 PM	#1
nicky10013 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: nook	IP Restriction Hi, I just got my nook today and I'm from north of the border. I did a ton of research and came to conclusion that this was the best one. I read multiple forum posts saying that all you need is a US shipping and billing address and you wouldn't have problems with the "only ships to the US" problem with the online B&N store. I read a few entries by a few different people (on other sites as well as this one) saying that their nooks were working perfectly. Well, I've run into this blasted IP restriction which despite the couple months of research I've done, I haven't seen anything about. Out of 20-30 PD free books I've been messing around with, only 2 have worked. I've also seen people swear by a fix using a proxy server. That if you add books to your library using the proxy server and update your library through the nook, that the content will work on the nook. Unfortunately, this isn't the case for me. Using the server, I can download books to my PC whereas without one I couldn't, yet when I go to update the nook, it still prompts me to download the material and then I get the caution saying that the product is currently unavailable. When I attempt to load the physical book file onto the nook, it still prompts me to download and it won't. Does anyone know of a fix that works or am I screwed until Barnes and Noble gets it's international copyright problems in order? Thanks for all the help in advance! Nick