I have bee trying to see how to purchase and use Kindle books online I have an Amazon account but it seems I cannot make any purchase of Kindle version I like to know:
1. Is it possible for Singaporeans to purchase Kindle version books online?
2. If can purchase how do I read it in my iPad or iPhone or Macbook?
Thank you all in advance
(1) You must have an USA based account with amazon
(2) The Kindle device must be bought over there, by someone, who is a USA citizen.
That's the starter, my experience with the Kindle: ( this apply to the eReader)
a. Kindles can be bought in Singapore, the price is 2-3 times that, you get from Amazon...sorry, Amazon doesn't ship that to Singapore. The Japanese version, ships to Japan etc.. NOT TO SINGAPORE!.
b. The ones you buy here teaches you to buy the ebooks by vpn etc...rather inconvenient.
I bought a Kindle through a friend in the States, who shipped it to me by post, & upon receipt I registered the device with my USA Amazon Account. Initially I was able to buy Kindle ebooks through my account, then, Amazon blocked me from buying, for I was buying them from SINgapore. They wanted to see a USA ID, citing that some copyright restrictions, they are not able to sell me, book titles ( same title, iBooks, sell you freely, but cost a few $$ more). The only way to get round this restriction, I send money to my friend in the States or buy the gift card from ebay & sent the code to my friend to credit his amazon account. Then I give my friend the list of kindle books I want, my friend would buy them through his Amazon Account & gift the books to me. I would either download the titles to my device in Singapore ( kindle) or I download them through KINDLE APP on my iPad. I get to read the kindle books, in which Amazon, will never sell me, if I own a Kindle device in SINgapore.
Till this day, you cannot buy a Kindle from Amazon with a SINgapore Account or address & ship here...& if you do have one, you cannot buy any Kindle books, or any contents either to your Kindle device. The rest of the Kindles, forget it...the video contents etc.. are country restricted. Amazon..is a stupid retailer. Try buying music CD... from UK Amazon?, they doesn't ship the titles here..so are the Japanese sites...USA sites some title...etc
The Kindle eReader is a better book reader that the iPad's....but AMAZON does not want SINgaporean's business...nor the countries in SEA for we are "pirates".. according to them, in some subtle, email exchanges I have with Amazon, customer service.
Sorry folks, buying from Apple...better experience, cost a bit more...if you want to read eBooks of certain titles..or most titles!