Comments on: Help me buy an audiobook not for sale in the US

Question: Help me buy an audiobook not for sale in the US

travis vocino — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:56:48 -0800

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?

By: needs more cowbell

needs more cowbell — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:08:03 -0800

I imagine you could order the audio CD from amazon.co.uk, though it might be more expensive than downloading it because you'll have to pay for shipping.

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.)

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:09:15 -0800

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.

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:09:54 -0800

Oops, trumped!

By: ChazB

ChazB — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:46:40 -0800

You can download the video off of BitTorrnet sites.