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Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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To anyone outside the US, you can easily add a second US address (or any other country) to your kindle account. Go to Your Account > Manage Your Kindle (in the Digital Content section) > Country Settings > Enter any US address and click update You will now have US pricing. You can go ahead and add different addresses in other countries and you can simply switch between them to take advantage of different pricing, bec…

Thank you! This worked for me and you can find addresses and phone numbers on http://www.realusaaddress.com/

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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post #21

I hope this trend catches on. Between my Kindle and iPad, I'd really like to never buy a physical book ever again. But then I still have four full book cases from before Kindle existed. I want to "upgrade" to ebooks, but I don't want to spend the money. At $3 each, I'd at least upgrade some of the better ones.

I have this amazing dream of a facility where I can bring in boxes of books and they hand me back a USB drive filled with pdf copies of those books. I don't know how or when that would happen, but it would be glorious.

I have the same dream about CDs and DVDs.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Reading the comments/reviews on Amazon, and I was wondering what peoples take on this book is for non-coders?

I'm purely editorial/product (not project) management - but this looks like it could give me a rounded understanding of best practice.

Those who have read it, would you recommend to someone of my background?

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

using a proxy/vpn and buying yourself gift cards from another account should give you reasonable protection, yes. As long as you have enough gift card balance, Amazon won't ask you to add a Credit Card. But it's cumbersome, etc.

Amazon recently started blocking my Kindle purchases basing on the fact my IP locates me in Japan while my primary address is set to the USA. When I switched to the gift option (using the same account) it worked without any problem even though I was still using the same Polish credit card.

heh, good to know, thanks.
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