Comments on: How to use the Kindle outside the US

By: matthew

matthew — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:27:54 +0000

R Tucker,
You’re definitely in a tough situation and I can’t offer any easy advice. You would definitely lose all of your books were you to re-register, so I would imagine that to be a bad option. The way I see it, you have two ways to go.

One would be to just give up your current library and re-register, allowing for new books but losing everything you have already.

The second is somewhat less legal, but still acceptable in my mind. Buy any Kindle books you want, either through your own account or by gifting them to your father’s account and having him add them in. Then feel free to download a copy by whatever means necessary from the internet, converting into Kindle format as required using Calibre, so that you can side-load via USB.

Sadly, short of investing in one of the newer Kindle Touch models or something to allow you to maintain two separate libraries I have no better advice to offer.

By: R Tucker

R Tucker — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:31:25 +0000

So I have moved to Vietnam and have brought along my first generation kindle to keep me company while I am here. My problem is Vietnam is one of the countries which does not allow the kindle to receive internet access, I do not have 3G, and the account my kindle was registered on is my father’s to which I do not have access (it was a gift). So under the current situation I am unable to purchase any new books to read on my kindle. The only solution I have found is to deregister and then re-register my kindle to a new account. However, I have two questions because of this; first, if I deregister my kindle and set up a new account on my computer will I be able to re-register my kindle without the kindle connecting directly to the internet? And secondly, if I deregister my kindle and replace the account with my own will I lose all my books that I have on the kindle already? I would hate to lose my lovely collection of ebooks! Any help you would be able to provide would help greatly, thanks.

By: Andrei Pushkin

Andrei Pushkin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:29:38 +0000

Liz,

You shouldn’t have any problem downloading books via your PC and USB cable.

By: Liz Hooson

Liz Hooson — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:26:49 +0000

I bought my Kindle 3G in June this year (2011) in UK and have recently moved to Saudi Arabia. Will I still be able to download books via my PC using a usb cable?

By: aditya

aditya — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:46:41 +0000

those links are dead, i live in indonesia, want to buy kindle, but i wasn’t sure how to buy it

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:22:22 +0000

Richard,

Check the serial number on the back. If it starts with B003 – she has the international version and downloads will work. If not – she can still download books via PC.

Since you bought it last Christmass – chances are it will be international version.

By: Richard Abernethy

Richard Abernethy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:48:34 +0000

My daughter is going to be in Spain teaching until next summer. She got a Kindle last Christmas (I don’t know what generation) and is concerned because she doesn’t think she can download books wirelessly. Can she, and if not, can she download to her computer and then transfer to her Kindle?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:30:53 +0000

Mehran,

You can upload DRM-free PDF, PRC, MOBI files to kindle via USB cable.

By: Mehran

Mehran — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:24:31 +0000

Hi
I was wondering if it is possible to use kindle WiFi in such countries as Iran, in order to read our own ebooks, not to buy or download or use wifi for it?

By: admin

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:25:00 +0000

I believe that this is about temporary Amazon glitch that is fixed now. More details can be found here: http://blogkindle.com/2009/10/amazon-may-be-blocking-non-us-customers-from-buying-kindle-books/

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:47:14 +0000

I have a kindle and have been using it via same method nerdgirl suggested however, last week Amazon changed the rules and you now have to have a US credit card attached to the kindle account – I have registered a gift certificate which was working fine but now Amazon is throwing up an error saying that they can’t sell to me unless there is a credit card attached to this account…even though there is money there as well as a US address.

Does anyone have a fix for this? Very frustrating.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:32:45 +0000

That post on nerdgirl has moved to http://www.nerdgirl.com/2009/03/20/amazon-kindle-outside-the-us/

By: Casey Lindsey

Casey Lindsey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:28:07 +0000

I just gotta say I love my kindle and the cheap books.

My taste is a bit rough but I enjoyed “The Misogynist” by Emily Downs.

It can be a bit vulgar at times. Be warned. But it’s cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Misogynist/dp/B001V5J4VO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246301307&sr=1-2

She is the bestselling author of “Lisa Loves Girls”

http://www.amazon.com/Lisa-Loves-Girls-ebook/dp/B002EZZJ4Q/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246298800&sr=1-7

2 books for under 2 bucks. THe kindle will own publishing.

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