Help me buy an audiobook not for sale in the US
October 27, 2006 8:56 AM Subscribe
How can I get around the geographic restrictions on purchasing some books and/or where can I buy the audiobook for The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins in the US?
I purchased the book The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins from a physical Borders store with no problem. Now I want the audiobook and it seems that it is not for sale in the US. Audible.com tells me "We can not sell you this audiobook due to your geographic location, it has been removed from your cart." Changing my account location to London, UK doesn't seem to hax0r the system either.
A search in iTunes for the book in the US store returns no results but if I move to the UK or other stores I'm able to get it listed but I can't purchase it -- "You are only authorized for purchases at the US iTunes Store. Clicking OK will take you there now."
I even tried Bit Torrent sites (I figured, I purchased the book already and simply can't get what I need available) but I couldn't find it.
Any ideas where I might be able to download or otherwise obtain this?
I purchased the book The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins from a physical Borders store with no problem. Now I want the audiobook and it seems that it is not for sale in the US. Audible.com tells me "We can not sell you this audiobook due to your geographic location, it has been removed from your cart." Changing my account location to London, UK doesn't seem to hax0r the system either.
A search in iTunes for the book in the US store returns no results but if I move to the UK or other stores I'm able to get it listed but I can't purchase it -- "You are only authorized for purchases at the US iTunes Store. Clicking OK will take you there now."
I even tried Bit Torrent sites (I figured, I purchased the book already and simply can't get what I need available) but I couldn't find it.
Any ideas where I might be able to download or otherwise obtain this?
You can purchase CDs from Amazon.co.uk and have them shipped to a US address. Or at least, I was able to about 2 years ago. I suppose they might have cracked down since then, but it's worth a shot.
They do have that book available on CD.
posted by bcwinters at 9:09 AM on October 27, 2006
They do have that book available on CD.
posted by bcwinters at 9:09 AM on October 27, 2006
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I live in the US and I've ordered textbooks from amazon UK before with no problem, even though some of them specify that they cannot be sold (resold?) in the US. (Oddly, W.H.Freeman & Co's science books are far cheaper when you order them from overseas.)
posted by needs more cowbell at 9:08 AM on October 27, 2006