BoB / country of residence

kaas · 12-13-2008, 06:09 PM

While I knew that BooksOnBoard demanded a country of residence, it has not bothered me much. Untill today, that is. When trying to buy a book by Brent Weeks, I was told that I could not do so, untill I switched my country of residence

While I appreciate that BoB left us the option to switch the country of residence, I am very unhappy with the practice of prohibiting me to download/ purchase a book based on where I live ( surely this is driven by the publisher not BoB, but they nearly lost me as a customer anyway...)

cheers,

kaas

Dave Berk · 12-14-2008, 06:19 AM

Shhhh! Or the publishers will force BoB to determine your country of residence by your Visa

...

wallcraft · 12-14-2008, 12:32 PM

The Brent Weeks ebook was presumably US-only. However, mobipocket.com usually lists country restrictions on each ebook's web page and its three Brent Weeks ebooks have no such restrictions. See for example Orphan's Destiny by Robert Buettner, which is another Orbit ebook that is restricted.

Has anyone come across any non-US-only ebooks on BoB? In other words, is there a downside to registering as a US resident?

CleverClothe · 12-14-2008, 08:00 PM

Come to America (even virtually), we are welcoming.

Does not the poem say:

Quote:

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your eBook-less masses yearning to read free...

Or does it? My memory is foggy.

12-13-2008, 06:09 PM	#1
kaas Muncher of ebooks Posts: 312 Karma: 6423 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fürth, Germany Device: Pocketbook 360	BoB / country of residence While I knew that BooksOnBoard demanded a country of residence, it has not bothered me much. Untill today, that is. When trying to buy a book by Brent Weeks, I was told that I could not do so, untill I switched my country of residence While I appreciate that BoB left us the option to switch the country of residence, I am very unhappy with the practice of prohibiting me to download/ purchase a book based on where I live ( surely this is driven by the publisher not BoB, but they nearly lost me as a customer anyway...) cheers, kaas Last edited by kaas; 12-13-2008 at 06:51 PM.

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12-14-2008, 06:19 AM	#2
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	Shhhh! Or the publishers will force BoB to determine your country of residence by your Visa ...

12-14-2008, 12:32 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The Brent Weeks ebook was presumably US-only. However, mobipocket.com usually lists country restrictions on each ebook's web page and its three Brent Weeks ebooks have no such restrictions. See for example Orphan's Destiny by Robert Buettner, which is another Orbit ebook that is restricted. Has anyone come across any non-US-only ebooks on BoB? In other words, is there a downside to registering as a US resident?

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