Goodreads Singapore discussion

Has anyone here purchased e-books on Amazon before? Do you still use a VPN to skip the verification process when buying from Amazon US Kindle Store?

VPN is not needed.

You just need to have a valid U.S. address (you can get one from VPOST or other similar services if you are not a U.S. resident) as your Amazon account's address in order to have the books available to you.

To buy a Kindle book, you either need to use a U.S. issued credit card or buy an Amazon gift card and credit it to your Amazon account balance.

I've used a Singapore credit card with a US address from Borderlinx/VPost and it works just fine.

i always use vpn to be on the safe side. amazon is not licensed to sell ebooks(most of them) in singapore.

there *has* been cases where people do not use vpn and was questioned by amazon. i dont remember what was the result but i think the sale of that ebook did not go thru.

however i do have a few friends who buy thru amazon without vpn and never got caught. i think its more of what ISP you are using and the IP addresses range u are given. if amazon doesnt realise its a singapore ip den its fine i guess.

I can't get the ebooks from Amazon even with a US address in my account. I kept getting the "This title is not available for customers from: Asia & Pacific" message.

Anyone can help?

Juliet wrote: "I can't get the ebooks from Amazon even with a US address in my account. I kept getting the "This title is not available for customers from: Asia & Pacific" message.

Anyone can help?"

Change your region settings to US. You should be able to download it.

Gerry wrote: "Juliet wrote: "I can't get the ebooks from Amazon even with a US address in my account. I kept getting the "This title is not available for customers from: Asia & Pacific" message.

Anyone can help..."

Sorry to ask a very dumb question...but where do I change it? I can't seems to find it in the settings.

You need to go to your account > manage kindle > country settings. From there, click change and you should be able to select the US address that you added to your account.

Thanks Jessica! It works now!

You're welcome!