Thread: Sony PRS 505 in the UK ?
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Old 05-18-2008, 01:05 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Because although you could indeed buy a Kindle if you don't live in the US, Amazon have made it virtually impossible to buy commercial e-Books for it. You can't buy Kindle books unless you have a credit card with a US billing address. With a Sony or a CyBook (or an iLiad), however, you can easily buy books regardless of where in the world you live.
Agreed, but knowing that, and "your" insistance that kindle and mobi are the same format (see other thread)... you could buy mobi books for it, just as easily as for a CyBook from the exact same places for the exact same prices and read them quite happily.

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