I still have my old Kindle (bought in the US in August) and I still can't wirelessly download direct to Kindle in Russia. One can though, go on the web to a special Amazon page and download books to your computer then transfer them via USB to your Kindle. I have done that several times here and it works fine.
I don't know if, since they added the international service this month, they changed the machine itself to allow direct download worldwide, but the machine looks exactly the same in their advertisements as the one that I bought in August. Does anyone know if it's a new machine or just added connectivity through some contract with a Russian wireless provider that is supposed to allow it to work in Russia? Or perhaps it just won't work wirelessly abroad and the only concession to "international" access is that they now no longer require a US credit card and US billing address to buy Kindle books? Continued lack of wireless aside, I love it. I find the screen very easy to read, the battery lasts for days without recharging, you can download word documents and pdfs to it, and it's much more convenient to carry around than a stack of paperwork or a bunch of paperback books. Plus, despite all the complaints people have about tying you into Amazon's $9.99 standard price, there seem to be a lot of new authors allowing one or more of their books to be given out on Kindle for free for some period of time. I recommend Raising Jake-a really good free novel. Marian From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michele A. Berdy Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:04 AM To: expat Subject: Expat List kindle kwerie 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
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