Google Play Books

odedta · 04-16-2015, 11:12 AM

Anyone have any idea when Google Play Books Store will be available in Israel?

Turtle91 · 04-16-2015, 11:19 AM

"Officially" - no idea.

But there are always ways around those kinds of imposed restrictions (where legal of course). I'd recommend googling "Free VPN".

GERGE · 04-16-2015, 11:28 AM

Nope, Google services asks for local bank, local billing address, local IP all together. VPN and Bordelinx billing address will only block your Google Wallet account.

Google Books is nice, by the way. I donit buy books from them but I use it for redundancy, my Calibre library is uploaded there (and synced one-way to my VPS and smartphone). Never keep valuable data in one palace, my paid for and DRM-stripped ebook library is my most valuable digital only thingy.

Turtle91 · 04-16-2015, 12:40 PM

That's interesting. I thought all you had to do was link a paypal account to purchase books and type in a "good" address. Paypal is supposed to mask personal information from the seller isn't it? At least that was my impression when I first created a paypal account to use on ebay. As long as you select a VPN based in one of their approved countries, and provide an address from that country... Do you have friends/family that live there that don't mind you borrowing their address?

I wouldn't be able to provide a "local" bank as my bank is all online and headquartered across the country... some of those online banks are headquartered on the other side of the world!...

RobertDDL · 04-16-2015, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Turtle91

Paypal is supposed to mask personal information from the seller isn't it?

I don't think so. Whenever I receive a payment through Paypal, I get the payer's name and address, and when I make a payment, I see no option whether to hide my data or not?

GERGE · 04-16-2015, 01:45 PM

Paypal accounts are state based too. If you are going to use Google Wallet connected Google services as a fake USA resident, you need an USA Paypal account. But I guess you could add an USA address to your bank account, then create a net-only limited, virtual credit card, connect it to your USA address, and than sign up for a USA Paypal account.

Geralt · 04-17-2015, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by GERGE

Paypal accounts are state based too. If you are going to use Google Wallet connected Google services as a fake USA resident, you need an USA Paypal account. But I guess you could add an USA address to your bank account, then create a net-only limited, virtual credit card, connect it to your USA address, and than sign up for a USA Paypal account.

That's a lot of maneuvering. Is it worth it?
Isn't it easier to buy at kobo if you're shopping for epubs, or amazon if you don't mind converting books?
This is exactly why I don't shop with them. Not available in my country.
I don't care, amazon can take my money any day.

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GERGE Guru Posts: 732 Karma: 5797160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Istanbul Device: Kobo Libra	Nope, Google services asks for local bank, local billing address, local IP all together. VPN and Bordelinx billing address will only block your Google Wallet account. Google Books is nice, by the way. I donit buy books from them but I use it for redundancy, my Calibre library is uploaded there (and synced one-way to my VPS and smartphone). Never keep valuable data in one palace, my paid for and DRM-stripped ebook library is my most valuable digital only thingy. Last edited by GERGE; 04-16-2015 at 11:32 AM.

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Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,093 Karma: 18727053 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	"Officially" - no idea. But there are always ways around those kinds of imposed restrictions (where legal of course). I'd recommend googling "Free VPN".

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Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,093 Karma: 18727053 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	That's interesting. I thought all you had to do was link a paypal account to purchase books and type in a "good" address. Paypal is supposed to mask personal information from the seller isn't it? At least that was my impression when I first created a paypal account to use on ebay. As long as you select a VPN based in one of their approved countries, and provide an address from that country... Do you have friends/family that live there that don't mind you borrowing their address? I wouldn't be able to provide a "local" bank as my bank is all online and headquartered across the country... some of those online banks are headquartered on the other side of the world!...

04-16-2015, 01:45 PM	#6
GERGE Guru Posts: 732 Karma: 5797160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Istanbul Device: Kobo Libra	Paypal accounts are state based too. If you are going to use Google Wallet connected Google services as a fake USA resident, you need an USA Paypal account. But I guess you could add an USA address to your bank account, then create a net-only limited, virtual credit card, connect it to your USA address, and than sign up for a USA Paypal account.

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