I would be much happier with draconian copyright provisions if the actual intellectual creator of any work was guarranteed 5% of any royalties from their creation for their own lifetime (none transferrable). Then I could see that IP was possibly some kind of encouragement. As it is, we see inventors and writers dying in poverty and obscurity, while their works are making millions for big corporations.

So when you whine that you can't get this or that item as soon as it is available in the US, bear in mind that it is because we have a more reasonable copyright system that does not automatically criminalise us for reasonable use, such as backup, or lending a book to a friend.

B&N sells books in the US only, officially anyway. There are some threads around about circumventing this, IIRC it involves using a proxy like Hide My Ass, but I'm sure someone will elaborate. The nook can read books from anywhere that sells books with Adobe Adept DRM (besides B&N of course) so Kobo, Books on Board, Sony (books are loaded through Adobe Digital Editions)… For best results you'll want ePub not PDF. It can also read library books if your local library is set up through Overdrive. You can also get books from Webscription.net and Smashwords (as well as many small pubs like BeWrite Books) and not have to hassle with DRM restrictions.

I have not had to use any proxy from Canada, I simply set a real US address with my Canadian credit card and have had no issues purchasing books that originally were not available to me.

You don't need to use alwaysVPN to download the books only during the purchase part. Once I have made the purchase I turn off alwaysVPN and download normally to my PC and via wi-fi on my nook.

I also use Calibre to download newspapers and magazines, which work very well on the Nook.

I also use Calibre to download newspapers and magazines, which work very well on the Nook.

there are the ebooks found on Torrents or truly-free.org

Mobipocket ebook reader program is free on a pc will it take newspapers?

My best pick is BeBook Neo from Endless Ideas (or its brand variants).
It has touch screen interface with the ability to make annotations, hierarchical folder organization, WIFI access with basic web browsing, can read epub and many other formats natively (EPUB*, PDF*, TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, CHM, PDB, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF) none of the other readers match, ?SD card slot and mini USB connectivity. I still consider is a little overpriced at about ~$250 but I am expecting this to drop.

Kobo eInk ePub from ur local library

Kindle
2. Kobo
3. Apple iBooks
4. Nook
5. Stanza (a multiformat reader).
6. Audible (audiobooks).
7. Wattpad, which describes itself as “YouTube for books.”
8. And many more multiformat readers…