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Old 08-05-2015, 08:46 PM   #196
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I am in America and I buy mine from Amazon UK.
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I don't use a vpn. I just have an Amazon UK account and use it with my current ip.
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Well, I have an Amazon UK account too, but they don't sell e-books to me. 'Not available in your country' is what I get when I try to buy one. Do you have an UK credit card?
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We are writing because the home country registered to your Kindle account may not match your country of residence. Due to publishing rights, the home country registered to your account must match your country of residence.

To continue purchasing titles available for United Kingdom, please send a copy of your valid government-issued identity card, passport, or a utility bill received within the previous 90 days to our secure fax line:

Within the UK: 020 8636 9326
Outside the UK: +44 (0) 20 8636 9326

For your security, you may obscure the passport, ID, or account number. However, we ask that you do not obscure any portion of your name, your address, or any expiration or statement dates.

Your fax will be converted to a secure electronic image that will never be printed. Once we have completed the verification process, we will delete the image.

If you have moved to a different country, you can update your home country in the Manage Your Kindle section of your Amazon account (www.amazon.co.uk/manageyourkindle):

1. Login to amazon.co.uk/manageyourkindle.
2. Click "Country Settings."
3. Click "Change."
4. Choose an existing home address from your account or enter a new one.
5. Click “Update.”

We may restrict your home country setting if you continue to purchase from the catalog of titles for United Kingdom without completing the verification process.

We appreciate your cooperation.

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Old 08-06-2015, 05:55 AM   #199
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That's too scary for me. I only travel in Kobo-land.
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I used to get this with the US shop, only after the fourth book each day. But this last year I don't get this anymore.
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Well, I have an Amazon UK account too, but they don't sell e-books to me. 'Not available in your country' is what I get when I try to buy one. Do you have an UK credit card?
My Amazon UK account has an UK address. Since I only use it for ebooks, it really doesn't matter.
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Old 08-10-2015, 05:11 PM   #203
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Since a passport has no address on it, apparently any British citizen can buy UK ebooks. from Australia.
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Old 08-10-2015, 09:06 PM   #204
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Since a passport has no address on it, apparently any British citizen can buy UK ebooks. from Australia.
Our daughter is a dual US/UK citizen, resident in the US. I'll have to tell her this.

P.S. Sorry, Ursula. I'm no big friend of Amazon, but boycotting is going too far.
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Old 08-10-2015, 09:25 PM   #205
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If I didn't buy ebooks from Amazon, I'd probably buy less books in total, mainly because I no longer enjoy driving around the mall's parking lot to find a space in order to get into B&N, and can no longer drop down to the floor with any grace in order to check the lower shelves for books I might want to read.

I've also reached the age where I no longer want to read about other people's fictional problems and the lessons learned from them - been there, done that. So she can keep her "literature". I read mainly for escapism and entertainment now and don't give a rat's behind if purchasing from Amazon annoys her.
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If I didn't buy ebooks from Amazon, I'd probably buy less books in total, mainly because I no longer enjoy driving around the mall's parking lot to find a space in order to get into B&N, and can no longer drop down to the floor with any grace in order to check the lower shelves for books I might want to read.

I've also reached the age where I no longer want to read about other people's fictional problems and the lessons learned from them - been there, done that. So she can keep her "literature". I read mainly for escapism and entertainment now and don't give a rat's behind if purchasing from Amazon annoys her.
You have described me much more eloquently that I could have myself.

My escape of choice is old mysteries and now there are all those lovely old series, some with dozens of books, all now available as space-saving, no-dusting-required, adjustable-font ebooks.
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Who says you need to "reached the age where I no longer want to read about other people's fictional problems and the lessons learned from them - been there, done that"?

I don't particularly want to read those books either -- I'll keep my entertainment, thankyouverymuch!
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Who says you need to "reached the age where I no longer want to read about other people's fictional problems and the lessons learned from them - been there, done that"?

I don't particularly want to read those books either -- I'll keep my entertainment, thankyouverymuch!
I never did.
Been reading SF wherever I could find it from day one.

(Even if I didn't think of it as SF until a couple years later.)
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SFF FTW and screw other peoples' fictional problems!
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SFF FTW and screw other peoples' fictional problems!
Yup. Edmond Hamilton, the Brothers Binder, snd Gardner Fox got me started in the right direction. Led me to Verne, Heinlein, Blish, Asimov, and Smith.
Not a single neurotic english lit professor in any of the books.
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