Sick to death with Amazon/Kindle
 

No books that I want to read are available in Oz. Don't get one!

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Im sure the Peter and jane books are available:blink:

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It's Dazza and Kylie you'll be after.

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Yes sadly those top shelf "books" don't make it onto Kindle.

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Go to the library and get some real books I say. Nothing better than sneaking some me time in the car with a real book, I spend too much time staring at a screen. I try and get to school half an hour or so before pick up so that I can have some reading time each day.

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I love mine, so much easier to carry around than a pile of books. I wouldn't be without books cos i love the real thiing, but I am totally Kindle-addicted :thumbup:

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We've just got two, ready for the flight to the UK in September. Himself and Eldest use them on the train too, both find it much more convenient.

I agree too, that it could never be a replacement for a real book!

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I wouldn't get a Kindle (Amazon proprietary format and publishers hate them), but general eInk eReaders are great and about the only way you are going to carry around an entire library in a coat pocket. Perfectly possible to read an entire book on one - with one battery charge.

As regards getting the books you want, you'll find that all usual DRM has been comprehensively cracked, and you can get most books in most formats a few days after release - or do the cracking yourself with freely available tools. One day, maybe, managers in content providing companies will catch up with the realities of the modern world....

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But they *do*. For US, UK sale only in most cases. I have seen dozens of books I want and have been blocked on 100% of them.

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Torrents

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Haven't read it but in any case it's not one I want.

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I hope all you Kindle owners have bought Burbage's book!

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I have downloaded books to my kindle that were only available in the UK by changing my address to a UK address, downloading the ebook and then changing my address back to an Aus one again. I still paid with my Aus credit card no problem :thumbsup:

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I tried that, also with the US, but it's still blocked.

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Im an Apple guy, so asking out if sheer curiosity. The iPad app for the ebooks is also capable of showing the PDF files. Is there a similar option in Kindle?