Thread: Classic IP Restriction
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Old 07-05-2010, 03:13 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by nicky10013 View Post
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
If I understand correctly than you have succeeded at buying the books from B&N and you can download the books from your B&N library to your PC, but using "check for new B&N contect" on the Nook you do not see to books on the Nook.
You only need a VPN like Hotspot Shield or Alwaysvpn to buy books.
There are no IP restrictions on downloading books that have been bought. They can be downloaded anywhere in the world. So something else is wrong.
Please check the following things:
1. Did you register your Nook? You only can sync you B&N library with the Nook when the Nook is registered.
2. Is you Wifi connection working correctly? Can you lookup webpages on the Nook browser?
3. Have you made your credit card the default credit card of your B&N account? The B&N DRM needs a default credit card to encrypt the books and to be able to download them.

You can also use the USB connection to copy the books you downloaded to your PC to the My Documents folder on the Nook That way you can at least start reading the books.
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