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It's not just the dinosaurs in the publishing industry, it's also the legal definition of point of sale:
- If you buy a printed book from Waterstones UK & have it shipped to the USA, the pos is deemed to be the UK - therefore it's OK to sell a UK territory book to you;
- If you buy the same title in digital form from Waterstones UK, the pos is deemed to be your computer, in the USA - therefore it's not OK to sell a UK territory book to you.
Of course, if the publisher in whatever territory your computer is in hasn't extracted their finger and got an ebook published, then the author has lost a sale, and you *may* be tempted by the darknet...
(I want a "smiley" for gnashing teeth & emitting steam from ears)
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