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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I've been a member of MR for over a year, and I have consistently seen what I believe to be the same mistake regarding geographical restrictions.
Apparently Publisher X has the rights to the book for the US, and Publisher Y has the rights for Europe (or Australia).
Pub X makes the book available as an eBook, and the Europeans and Australians blame Pub X because they are not allowed to download the book.
It seems to me that the fault lies with Publisher Y, who has not gotten off its duff and made the book available to those areas it has the rights for.
The Europeans and Australians are blaming X when they should be blaming Y.
Am I right, or am I missing something?
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It's the refusal to take leadership and recognize it's a problem that needs to be fixed. It's not if it's publisher x or publisher y or the agents or the authors or the existing contracts that are to be blamed. The circular finger pointing is just an excuse to do nothing.
It should have been fixed years ago for all new electronic book contracts.