My wife has the Kindle 2 She downloads on computer and then transfers to Kindle. Not as elegant, but works well and no extra charges.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:expat- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Milchin > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:08 PM > To: The Moscow Expat List > Subject: Re: Expat List kindle kwerie > > 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/ _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
