[kyteflyer]

An Aussie iPad user PoV: we were all delighted over here when iBooks was available to us for our iPads. When my iPad arrived, the second thing I did after setup of email etc was to download the iBooks app. Then, I visited the iBooks store, looking for stuff to buy. All I could get was free books. The old classics. Stuff I can get from Project Gutenberg and other sources. My iPad arrived in July... and guess what... here we are in October and we still do not have access to the same bookstore that's available in the US.

Geographical restrictions, stubborn publishers: they are both feeding the piracy "industry". And, like others have noted: I won't buy something thats DRM'd and I won't buy it if its as expensive or nearly as expensive as a paper copy. I use Stanza now, I get what I want from "other sources" (including Baen, fictionwise and Munseys)