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Old 08-05-2010, 10:12 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by Chris Crouch View Post
I've sent a couple of such emails to authors.

I would have sent them to their agents and publishers but it's difficult to determine exactly who the agent is for a given author, and most popular authors have many different publishers for different books and in different parts of the world.

Anyway, I made my emails less confrontational because it's not the author's fault. I've sent an email asking for their help in finding an ebook that I can buy in my region.

They've both been very nice in replying to me. In both cases they didn't realize that the book was geographically restricted, and in one case had specifically instructed their agent/publisher to make sure that it wasn't geographically restricted.

Importantly in both cases they said they'd be asking their agents about it. One also offered me an advance copy of her latest book, winning her a fan for life.

So in summary my advice is absolutely to email the author, but phrase it as "please help me buy your ebook".

Chris
I have done exactly that as well. The authors were genuinely concerned that their ebooks were not reaching the readers as they should and they would discuss the matter with their agents.
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