PRO TIP: The Queens Library in New York will let anybody anywhere in the world get an e-library card, which you can then use to check out books directly to your device (including Kindles.)
Getting a Queens Library card was probably my single best financial decision in 2022.
EDITED TO ADD: It costs $50.
EDITED AGAIN: You may need to set up an account on Amazon.com for kindle reading.
[1/3] You've raised a great question. The answer is kind of complicated.
You do NOT have to be a resident of Queens (or even the USA) to get the $50 Queens Library E-card.
Once you have that card, you can view books several ways-- on your phone (via the libby app), on your computer (via a web browser), or on your kindle.
I believe you can use the browser or the app wherever you are in the world. But...
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...to send books to your Kindle, I think you need an account with amazon.com (as opposed to a non-US Amazon.)
But you don't have to be a US resident to get a US Amazon account. And you don't have to make this US Amazon account your primary account; you just have to create it with the same email address you use for whichever foreign version of Amazon your kindle is registered to. Amazon will then automatically link the accounts...
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