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Originally Posted by neilmarr
***Unfortunately that isn't working. Your message won't get across***
The most loaded message anyone can send is a deafening silence, Hans. And if more folks would simply to refuse to buy under unfair conditions, things would eventually have to change.
Do remember that by buying products after jumping through hoops and then having to work to adjust them to your needs, you are paying for something basically imperfect.
That you buy anyway sends the message to publishers and stores that some folks will pay their wages even if the seller is not doing his job properly and fairly.
Best wishes. Neil
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Silence? I don't know about that.
Let's assume for a minute that as of today, no one circumvents geo-restrictions AND they do not purchase a geographically available book in lieu of the geo-restricted one. Surely online book stores would see a decline in sales (how big or small, I have no idea).
Now, you've sent your message of 'silence' - how do the stores know the reason for this decline in sales is because of geo-restrictions? What makes you think they are going to look to change the restrictions (if they even can) if they don't know the restrictions are the cause of the loss of a sale?
If you couple this with the fact that, in theory (the reality may be different), the ebook seller doesn't even know he had a sale by someone who circumvented the geo-restrictions, your silence in not buying carries even less weight.
Now stepping back for a minute - I'm certain every ebook seller out there wishes they could sell to every country in the world - the fact that they can't is out of their hands and into the publisher's (I think). I don't pretend to understand the ins and outs of the reasons why everything isn't available everywhere, but there are probably contractual obligations that are not easy to overcome.
In the end, your choice not to buy, but I doubt silence is sending much of a message. And you aren't getting to read that book you want.
Maybe if you send an email to the store and publisher every time you do not buy a book due to geo-restrictions. Maybe.