Check the books available in the Amazon Kindle store. Most new bestsellers can't be downloaded in Russia (or elsewhere in Europe) for copyright reasons. I ordered a Kindle 2 int'l recently (price dropped to $259) and should be getting it in the mail on Monday. I've read that you can get around the blockade by changing your kindle location to the U.S. (the "manage your kindle" tab on amazon) and downloading the books vis USB as opposed to GSM/Whispernet to avoid the overseas download surcharge ($1.50 per download) for US-registered kindle users. Sounds like a hassle, but worth it to get fresh reads a few weeks before they'd arrive in the mail.
2009/10/30 Michele A. Berdy <[email protected]>: > Hi, Expatniki. As someone with a serious book problem -- where to put all > the books I have -- I've kept my eye on Amazon's Kindle. So far the problem > has been downloading abroad, but now they are selling an international > Kindle with download ability in 100 countries, including -- ta da! -- > Russia. Has anyone tried it? According to their map, most of European Russia > is covered, but... still a bit wary. > > Also, are there any obscure (or not so obscure) laws that a downloading > Kindle would violate? > Many thanks > MAB > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
