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Originally Posted by sabredog
Remove geographic restrictions as well and many more potential customers will buy the ebook, not have to go through hoops or eventually simply download a copy.
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I commiserate -- as I am trying to get Louise Penny's wonderful mystery novels sold in her native Canada as e-books when they are sold here in every conceivable format EXCEPT e-books.
But the geo-restriction is tied to the terms of the rights negotiated. This is a learning curve throughout the publishing chain: paper and digital rights about to go hand-in-hand and revert to the player willing to take them instead of simply being blocked. As an industry, this is a temporary glitch.
I am really far more interested in getting backlist titles of merchandisable content onto e-shelves -- like Erle Stanley Gardner who wrote well over 150 books, half of them in his legendary, iconic Perry Mason series, and whose e-book presence is ZERO.