[speeder]

I used to buy a certain book series on fictionwise, because it was the only site selling those books in my country.

B&N bought Fictionwise, and first thing they did was determine that you need to be physically inside USA to download stuff.

Now only way for me to get those books is pirated. :( Maybe I should just download them pirated and donate the price of the books directly to the author account or something. I really don't understand what is the problem of B&N or how they still exist, they are literally anti-business.

[dylan604]

How did they determine if you were physically within the US? How would using a VPN not provide the same ability?

[account42]

Does it matter? You can't expect people to set up a VPN just so they can give you money.

[fkyoureadthedoc]

Not that it's the case for B&N, but many sites block VPN. Reddit for example.

[account42]

There are always options that do work, some shadier than others though.