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Originally Posted by Connallmac
Georestrictions stem largely from the rights that publishers negotiated with authors. If a publisher did not specify in their contract with an author that they had the right to publish and ebook version of "Book X" in Australia, they simply have no legal right to sell "Book X" in Australia.
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So the author has to bring a list of countries, including the USA, in which she or he wants their book to be published, otherwise it's only available in Massachusetts, (just as an example
)?? That doesn't seem as if it would be in the best interests of either the author or the publisher, and still makes little sense to me. But then, I have no experience with publishing nor with what an author goes through in order to get a book (eBook or pBook) published and distributed, so I just have the point of view of a reader. As a reader, I think all books should be available to all people everywhere.
Holly