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Will PubIt! support publishers based outside the U.S.? Yes, as long as you have U.S. rights for your titles and have a U.S. bank account and a U.S. credit card. --- Last time I checked there weren't a terribly large number of non-US residents who had US Bank Accounts and Credit Cards. FAIL. |
06-15-2010, 03:16 AM | #17 |
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ebooks should be global, all this localised copyright rubish really tees me off and not just because I'm in China and its really hard to get good books here. I will never use an online bookstore in an capacity (as author or reader) when they wantonly refuse to exercise the international nature of the internet. I just don't understand why they don't want to expand their customer base?
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Perhaps, the reason has to do with each individual country's laws and restrictions than with the retailer's unwillingness. |
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The reason for opening the bank account was not considered or relevant to my post. You claimed it was unheard of and I posted otherwise. Your other issues are best dealt by contacting the offending parties and local legal counsel. Good day. |
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Last time I checked there weren't a terribly large number of non-US residents who had US Bank Accounts and Credit Cards. FAIL. I stand by that statement one hundred percent. And of course it would be hard for you to open a bank account in my country, it's hard enough for me as a citizen to open one. I'm failing to see your logic here or even why you're replying. B&N are putting up artificial barriers to doing business with them as a writer (not to mention the artificial barriers as a customer but that's another argument). That's my complaint. That's what irked me, and you just come back with lies? What's up with you? |
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It is complicated for a company to arrange to pay citizens of other countries, when you take into account the actual method of payment, the currency the agreement is negotiated in, the tax and reporting implications and so on. By requiring the US bank account and registration they shift those issues to the author rather than them. They may decide that once the business is up and running it will be worth their time taking this trouble, it is more likely that they will set up local bookstores in other countries, and then arrange cross-company agreements. |
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It was always hoped that a truly global marketplace would work out some form of truly global payment system... but we're clearly not there yet. So give them time to work things out. |
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One more thing, there are B&N bookstores in the UK, Hong Kong, Australia and who knows where else. But their ebooks, the ones delivered on the technology that can send them anywhere on the face of the planet and even at least once place not on the face of the planet, are only available in the US. Talk about irony. Last edited by webba84; 06-15-2010 at 09:10 AM. |
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Right, so you are suggesting the people at Barnes and Noble are too stupid to either type in bank account numbers or fill in paperwork? The latter being largely the person getting the money's problem. Both of which of course are things the 13 year old child of a milk bar owner could manage. |
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