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		philh on Aug 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader is live FWIW, I'm in the UK and I've never heard of this whispernet tax before. Free books have been free ever since I got it (November). That might be related to there being a distinct "UK" edition of the kindle.

dtegart on Aug 10, 2011 [–]

If you are in the EU but outside the UK (and I think Germany), you have to order books from Amazon.com. A free book costs $2 to deliver over whispernet

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