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As a fellow kiwi like the OP, I too am getting so frustrated. I used to buy ebooks through Book Depository but now that source too seems to have been turned off. Every ebook I search says "Out of stock" - including the ones I have already purchased. I have flicked off an email to their support desk to find out why (although I think I already know). The bizarre thing is that I can buy the same paperback from them and they send it FREE OF SHIPPING to New Zealand - which must cost a fortune!
Waterstones seems to also have reduced their selection - I am looking at Hatchette books, one of the main publishing culprits (Alexander McCall Smith is the author). They are no longer on the site for me, yet I have also purchased here before.
We are not in the dark ages anymore, why is this getting so hard? It's enough to turn me back to paper books - which seems so wrong now I'm addicted to my reader.
Whitcoulls selection is still bad - or in my opinion it is - and their prices are significantly higher.
Thank goodness for the Philadelphia Library - even if their waiting lists are long.
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