Thanks for the tip! I was very intrigued because on a recent vacation to Indonesia, a friend was able to purchase off the Amazon store while he isn't able to do so in Singapore. (I guess the other workaround is the thousands of books available for free download regardless of whether I can buy off the Amazon store...)
On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Balaji Dutt <[email protected]> wrote: > Chew Lin Kay wrote: > >> Would buy one if I can >> figure out an easy way round the DRM issues in Singapore. >> >> Chew Lin >> > If the DRM issue you are worried about is being able to buy from the > Kindle Store in Singapore, there's a very easy workaround. Sign up for a > free account at ComGateway or vPost and you will get a "valid" US address. > Add that to your Amazon account and make it your primary address - voila! > The Kindle Store is now open for you. Amazon does not care that your credit > card on file with them has a Singapore address, unlike some other websites > I could name coughHulucough. > > Amazon still won't directly ship a Kindle to you in Singapore so that > vPost/ComGateway address is actually mandatory if you want to buy a Kindle > reader. > > -- > Balaji Dutt > >
