CL <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 12/07/2011 11:26 AM, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > CL<flothru@yahoo.com>  wrote:
> >> On 12/06/2011 10:59 PM, John W. wrote:
> >
> >>> A couple of questions about the Amazon Kindle. First, are there any
> >>> Japanese language books available from Amazon in the US? I searched,
> >>> but I didn't see a way to search by the language of the book; and if
> >>> there are books, are there any rendering issues on the US-sold Kindle?
> >>> Second, does anyone here belong to Amazon Prime? Not sure if it's
> >>> really worth it or not; we don't typically buy new books, but get from
> >>> the library (or a used book store, sometimes), so the ability to
> >>> borrow is nice, especially since my library system doesn't offer e-
> >>> books in kindle format.
> >
> >> All you need to do is to find whatever you want in the Amazon.jp web
> >> pages and copy the number, name (in romaji), etc. to Amazon.com and
> >> order it from them ... at least that's what you can do for physical
> >> books.  If you pay by credit card for an e-book, I don't think you have
> >> to be so location specific; just choose and D/L.
> >
> > There are sometimes content restrictions (especially on music). You can
> > get around them by going to the amazon.jp site via some Japanese proxy.
> > Oddly, your US account will work fine that way.

> Hmmm ... my daughter has never had trouble buying the US versions of 
> Selena Gomez, Hanna Montana (Miley Cyrus), Justin Beiber, or Demi Lovato 
> CDs from Amazon.com.  Damn them.

My problems were with the UK; I wanted Fad Gadget's "Spoil the Child", but
if you login to the UK site from the US, you get flagged for "not available
in your area".

That's when I started looking for proxies. It works. And, as I said, the
US account worked fine, so it's only doing a DNS lookup on the proxy.

Mike