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Sorry about that, I didn't do it on purpose! I use the service https://ipstack.com to look up IPs and use their data to display discounts based on location. I pay for this, so I was hoping it's better quality than it is.



I live in Northern Washington, USA and routinely get kicked over to Canadian versions of large websites, including Google and occasionally Amazon. So all of these are imperfect systems.

Your website appears to be recognizing me as from the US, which is correct. For whatever value that anecdote is worth to you.


I’d report a bug I were you, then. It showed the correct flag for me (Czech Republic), but told me I’m in Portugal. Seems like the do know wwhere I am and just mess up the name.


I'm in South Korea and the banner claims I'm in United Arab Emirates, however it shows the correct flag for my location. 218.146.64.x is my IP address range.

Thanks for writing the book!




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