Why Kindle does not work here ?
By sabrang kidul •
Anyone have any idea why Qatar (or GCC for that matter) is not in Kindle (e-book reader from amazon for those who don't know) coverage?
I would think the demography of GCC will suit them well: compact area, high expatriate concentration, general lack of other entertainment (more time to read), high disposable income for reading expats and lack of proper bookshop.
So what's the problem....?
My recommendation is, have someone else log on to your Amazon account and buy the books for you and then send them via e-mail. That is what I did before in China. Here mine works fine and I do not know why you have those problems but it is a way to solve it.
I download to my computer in Qatar all time. But my address and credit card are in the US.
Mandi
I think Amazon tag the IP of your download point and once it learnt that you are outside the designated countries you'll get an emailasking you to provide proof of residence (scanned copy of US passport or greencard etc).
At least that's what happened to me....
Silly system....
Probably the address on your credit card.
Mandi
I changed my resident address but it still refused to send to me as it still had me as Middle East regardless. Is there another address to change or just the one under Manage your Kindle?
Oh, good, thanks for the info!
Mandi
Thanks Mandi.
It works if you just change your resident address elsewhere. I tried downloading the free ebooks successfully.
I'm afraid it depends on the origin of your credit card. You will need one from the US, Europe or even Africa.
Mandi
@Mandilulur,
How do you download books to PC, when i click on a book title, Amazon says "This title is not available for customers from your location in: Middle East"
Thank you,
@SB: Is it illegal to use a US proxy service to purchase the Kindle and the ebooks for us in Qatar?
@SB: Is it illegal to use a US proxy service to purchase the Kindle and the ebooks for us in Qatar?
Well he's American and he's picked it up from the states. I'm going to do so too. Send it to my friends place or something to that effect.
But you can download books to your PC here and then transfer them to your Kindle.
Mandi
Riasrado, your friend must have 'ducked' the amazon set up, perhaps by setting up address in the US or using a proxy.
On 'normal' amazon setup, if you go to Amazon and go to kindle store, it will show that it in not available in Qatar.
A great pity especially since we do not have a proper bookshop......
the kindle's wireless doesn't work in qatar. sadly, it's a hole in the kindle's coverage.
My colleague has a kindle and it works perfectly fine. If you talking about "available" in GCC then that is a marketing issue and there are a lot of items which take quite some time to reach the GCC market -eg. we just got the iphone!!!!
Was thinking of buying an ebook reader myself (either the kindle or sony) but going to hold on a bit as the technology is too new and there are lot of issues. Till then my laptop will have to do