Amazon is not shipping Kindle Reader outside the US but you can always ask your cousin there to get a Kindle for you on her next trip to India.
But there’s another problem. You need a credit card with a US billing address if you were to buy any book, magazine or newspaper for reading on Kindle from the Amazon store.
Worry no more as Kindle user Stephanie has found an easy workaround to this problem - Amazon Gift cards.
The trick is that you buy a Gift Certificate at Amazon using your international Credit Card and then make a purchase for Kindle using this gift certificate. See nerdgirl for the steps.
Amazon Store policy is that when you redeem an Amazon Gift Card, any available balance is used for your Kindle store purchase before your credit or debit card gets charged. This does the trick for Kindle uses outside US.
Another important point - If you are based in USA, books and newspapers are delivered wirelessly to your Kindle Reader but since this feature is not available in other countries, you can download Kindle purchases from the Media Library on Amazon.com and transfer them to Kindle via a USB cable.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/gadgets/buy-amazon-kindle-books-magazines-outside-us/4022/
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Reader Comments
Oops! Amit,
What for me, I dont have a credit card but only a debit card?? But I still need Kindle for my kids??
Written by Piyush K on 07.30.08
Hwy Amit, You saved me man. I will do the trick. Thank you and nerdgirl.
Written by hemu on 07.30.08
Can we also buy laptops/electronics from bestbuy.com without a US address. There are just so many good deals that we tend to miss out because we dont have a valid address or there is no contact that can agree to bring a laptop back to india.
Help would be appreciated
Written by Ketan on 07.30.08
Without the wireless features wouldn’t the Sony Reader be a better deal?
Written by Zoli Erdos on 07.30.08
Before iTunes Store India opened, I used to do a similar thing to buy music from iTunes store. Buy gift cheques from eBay and then redeem the voucher for music.
Written by Jaganath S R on 08.01.08