As you mention, Neil, the really annoying part about this is for those of us living outside our country of origin ("double foreigners" I kind of like that one) who don't have ready access to reading material in our own language where we are resident. Yet, I can hop on the Eurostar and drop hundreds of pounds in a bricks and mortar Waterstones or WHSmith with no one ever bothering to worry about where those p-books will actually be read.
It may be time to revert to my "plan B" - change the billing address on my US credit card to a US one and invest in a VPN to "avoid detection." Seems an awful waste of time and resources.
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