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I spent a good deal of effort on the issue of Amazon locales for my book web app. There are quite a few reasons for this: * Some books will exist in one locale
by acangiano 16y ago
I spent a good deal of effort on the issue of Amazon locales for my book web app. There are quite a few reasons for this:
* Some books will exist in one locale but not in others;
* Some books will be in stock in a locale but not in others;
* Some books will have a different cover and/or slightly different edition if it's a UK or USA version;
* If you are buying the Kindle version, availability varies by country, but only UK residents can buy from the UK Kindle store.
* If you buy many books from the States and you live in the UK, you'll end up paying hefty import charges.
* Delivery from your closest Amazon is usually faster (provided the books are in stock) and free (or cheaper for expedite shipment).
If you go to the Staff Picks of the Week section of my site (http://anynewbooks.com/staff-picks/ http://anynewbooks.com/staff-picks/), you'll notice how under each book I'm forced to place up to 5 links (US, Canada, UK, Kindle international, UK Kindle). It may be slightly confusing, but in my experience international readers appreciate the effort (the rest of the world is quite sick of US only web apps to be frank).
- inm 16y agoRemoved (redundant). Saw just after posting that a good few other people already offered the same information.
- acangiano 16y agoDid you mean to reply to me with this comment?
- inm 16y agoI originally posted that I thought books were exempt from charges, but then saw someone right below had already said (and with more certainty than me!). Sorry, probably should have either left it there or deleted it entirely.
- acangiano 16y agoOh OK, no worries. My comment went from many upvotes to several downvotes, because people assumed that you were saying that my information was redundant and should be removed. We got to experience a bit of a hive-mind on HN. :)