Is This a Problem?

I noticed something very odd when I visited Amazon.com recently.

For some reason, none of our books are available in kindle format.

After several attempts at getting an answer from KDP and/or Amazon.com, I started looking at other authors books, only to find they are all in the same boat. This does not happen on Amazon.co.uk BTW, everything seems fine there.

I have been assured that our kindle books are indeed available on Amazon.com, but how can this be, when it is impossible to actually buy one?

I am hoping that someone somewhere can explain this to me. I mean, must I publish our books to each Amazon site, even though they are supposed to be available everywhere if you have selected “All Territories” when publishing them?

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Anonymous

November 17, 2023

Hi Jaye, as someone else has said if you have a US or Canadian IP address you can buy the Kindle books no problem.. Amazon may be global but their main online bookstores are individually run because of VAT and Tax issues etc. As an author living in Ireland I cannot upload a print book for sale because they say I need to register for VAT even though VAT is not applicable on books in Ireland. It is fine if I do a print version through Amazon. So don’t worry your books are available to buy at all the Amazon bookstores in Kindle including Canada, Ausralia, Germany, India etc. xx

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1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes
  
  November 17, 2023
  
  Thank you for throwing some light on this… Amazon confuses the hell out of me…
  
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dgkaye

November 17, 2023

So much tech madness everywhere. I am no help. I’m glitching galore with WP woes for almost two months now. :(

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1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes
  
  November 17, 2023
  
  From what I can make out, if you live in UK, you can buy any of our books in UK. And if you live in US the same applies. Makes the idea that Amazon distributes everywhere a bit of a joke, don’t you think?
  I’m still not convinced though, and would love someone in US, to tell me if our books ARE available there…
  
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  1. dgkaye
    
    November 17, 2023
    
    So weird. I should think one could order a paperback from any country they wish, but ebooks are only by country.
    
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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes
      
      November 17, 2023
      
      Life just gets weirder, Debs…
      
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Audrey Driscoll

November 7, 2023

I think Amazon is telling you that you can’t buy an ebook from their US store. People in the US should be able to, but if they go to the UK store they’ll see that message.

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1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes
  
  November 7, 2023
  
  Why didn’t they tell me that when I asked? And why does it say that if you select all territories when you publish, our books will be available everywhere ? So confusing…
  
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  1. Audrey Driscoll
    
    November 8, 2023
    
    I think to Amazon, we’re all potential customers before we’re anything else.
    
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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes
      
      November 8, 2023
      
      They never seem to explain anything properly, we are probably dealing with Al…
      
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Annette Rochelle Aben

November 7, 2023

I will check this out…

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1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes
  
  November 7, 2023
  
  Thanks Annette…
  
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