Iphone ereader new error message when uploading from fictionwise

kardava · 10-16-2009, 05:02 AM

Damn, following very helpful instructions on how to get around geographically restrictions when buying ebooks from fictionwise, I have been happily buying in the ereader format and reading on my iphone.

But today I went to upload a book a got the following message:

"An error occurred while downloading book book title: "That book is not purchasable or downloadable from your location."

sigh, so even though my account says I'm a US resident allowing me to buy the books I want, because I am uploading them from Australia, it won't let me.

Now I can understand why they have done this because they worked out that residents outside of the US had worked around the geographical restrictions.

The problem I see with this is that if I was a legitimate US resident and on holidays, and had roaming on my phone I still wouldn't be able to download books I had bought, because they are now obviously checking location of the phone I assume though carrier info, then their phone would come up with the location they were in.

So basically now I'm stuck with a whole heap of ereader books that I have bought but can no longer download to my iphone because of this new security measure!

arghhhhh!!!!

OK update: can now upload secure ereader books to stanza, so was able to download to my computer and then share and upload book into stanza. yippee

PDS · 11-05-2009, 10:58 PM

Hi I have had the same problem, I could download them to my computer but not my iphone, so I just downloaded them, uploaded them again as personal content, and then downloaded them on my phone.

I also found that on a few of them I couldnt download them onto my phone from fictionwise the day I purchased them, but I tried a day or so later and it worked.

ensyed · 11-18-2009, 07:06 AM

Another way to get around geographic restrictions for when you are "traveling" is to connect via a VPN. U can open a personal VPN account fairly cheaply like 30 dollars per year. If you google you will find several such companies. I can happily purchase all the digital content I want. Once it is downloaded there it reads/plays fine.

10-16-2009, 05:02 AM	#1
kardava Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: iliad, iPad & iphone	Iphone ereader new error message when uploading from fictionwise Damn, following very helpful instructions on how to get around geographically restrictions when buying ebooks from fictionwise, I have been happily buying in the ereader format and reading on my iphone. But today I went to upload a book a got the following message: "An error occurred while downloading book book title: "That book is not purchasable or downloadable from your location." sigh, so even though my account says I'm a US resident allowing me to buy the books I want, because I am uploading them from Australia, it won't let me. Now I can understand why they have done this because they worked out that residents outside of the US had worked around the geographical restrictions. The problem I see with this is that if I was a legitimate US resident and on holidays, and had roaming on my phone I still wouldn't be able to download books I had bought, because they are now obviously checking location of the phone I assume though carrier info, then their phone would come up with the location they were in. So basically now I'm stuck with a whole heap of ereader books that I have bought but can no longer download to my iphone because of this new security measure! arghhhhh!!!! OK update: can now upload secure ereader books to stanza, so was able to download to my computer and then share and upload book into stanza. yippee Last edited by kardava; 10-16-2009 at 05:32 AM. Reason: update on ereader problem solved

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11-05-2009, 10:58 PM	#2
PDS Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 46 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Austalia Device: Sony PRS-505, Dell Mini 9, I-Phone	Hi I have had the same problem, I could download them to my computer but not my iphone, so I just downloaded them, uploaded them again as personal content, and then downloaded them on my phone. I also found that on a few of them I couldnt download them onto my phone from fictionwise the day I purchased them, but I tried a day or so later and it worked.

11-18-2009, 07:06 AM	#3
ensyed Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 12 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Another way to get around geographic restrictions for when you are "traveling" is to connect via a VPN. U can open a personal VPN account fairly cheaply like 30 dollars per year. If you google you will find several such companies. I can happily purchase all the digital content I want. Once it is downloaded there it reads/plays fine.

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