I've got a Amazon kindle, but I happen to reside and live outside the US. How can I purchase kindle books from amazon.com? Is it possible to buy a gift card from Amazon, and use it to buy the Kindle Books?
Best answer: No, gift card can't solve the problem. You need to have your Amazon account using a United States shipping address with US credit card. See the question "Is Kindle available to customers outside the United States?" from the link below for details:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fhelp%2Fcustomer%2Fdisplay.html%3Fie%3DUTF8%26nodeId%3D200316870%26ref%255F%3Dhp%255Fnavbox%255Fhh%255Fk2faq&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
There is a discussion here however, talking about how to use the Kindle overseas:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Ftagging%2Ftag%2Fkindle%2Fforum%3Fie%3DUTF8%26cdForum%3DFx1D7SY3BVSESG%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcd%255Fef%255Ftft%255Ftp%26asin%3DB00154JDAI%26cdThread%3DTx376FNS6SEND2N&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Hope it helps.
All answer: Answer 1 No, gift card can't solve the problem. You need to have your Amazon account using a United States shipping address with US credit card. See the question "Is Kindle available to customers outside the United States?" from the link below for details:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fhelp%2Fcustomer%2Fdisplay.html%3Fie%3DUTF8%26nodeId%3D200316870%26ref%255F%3Dhp%255Fnavbox%255Fhh%255Fk2faq&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
There is a discussion here however, talking about how to use the Kindle overseas:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Ftagging%2Ftag%2Fkindle%2Fforum%3Fie%3DUTF8%26cdForum%3DFx1D7SY3BVSESG%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcd%255Fef%255Ftft%255Ftp%26asin%3DB00154JDAI%26cdThread%3DTx376FNS6SEND2N&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Hope it helps. 2009-06-16 03:46:57
Answer 2 If you can buy a gift card you can buy books.
Sign up for or sign in to your Amazon.com account and register your kindle if you haven't already done so. You will need a credit/debit card with a US address...
Select the book you want to buy at the kindle store and click to buy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D15%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255F%26y%3D19%26field-keywords%3Dkindle%2520store%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddigital-text&tag=thecasveh-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
The book will be sent to you Kindle account and the charge deducted from the credit /debit card.
Go to the " Manage Your Kindle" section of your account.
scroll down to "Your orders."
Identify the book you just bought, click on the drop down menu and send it to your computer.
Hook up your Kindle to your computer with the USB cable.
Drag and drop the book into the Kindle folder...the book is now on your kindle...disconnect kindle from computer and read book.
Hope this helps. 2009-06-16 10:14:25
Answer 3 Even if you use the gift card, you'll still need your Amazon account to have US credit card and US shipping address.
You can then look for what you want in the Kindle store:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D15%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fkinc%26y%3D12%26field-keywords%3D%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddigital-text&tag=querystr-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
And see the question "What can I read on Kindle?" here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fhelp%2Fcustomer%2Fdisplay.html%3Fie%3DUTF8%26nodeId%3D200316870%26ref%255F%3Dhp%255Fnavbox%255Fhh%255Fk2faq&tag=querystr-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 2009-06-17 02:35:17