The question is, what about all those people who live in non english-speaking countries, but want to read books in english? No UK, US, or Australian publisher for them. To take Greece as an example, there were one or two english language (paper) bookstores in Athens, where you could find a rather limited selection of english language books, and then there was the "order online" solution. It might be more expensive (though not always), but sometimes it was the only way to find a book I wanted to read, other than actually travelling. Now with ebooks, it seems I can't even have that option, I need to have a bank account in the publisher's country?
And what about, say, german books? Or japanese? I love learning foreign languages. I love reading books in the language they were written. But I can't, because I have to wait for a Greek publisher to want to make these books available, in their original language, in my country? How probable is that?
Frankly I'm fed up with all these artificial restrictions in a supposedly global world. What's the use of the internet anyway? Maybe we shouldn't be able to access domains outside of our countries of residence either. Hrmph. (If I sound pissed off, it's because I am. Sorry
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Thank goodness for all those independent authors out there. At least they seem to want to be read, instead of inventing obstacles for potential readers...