[ficbot]

I am getting a little sick of the whole geo-restriction/price fixing/customer hating going on in the publishing industry these days. I am tired of reading about it, tired of whinging about it, and just tired of the whole thing. I figure it will take about 5 years for everything to straighten itself out, for the 'industry' (whomever that might involve) to realize there is more money to be made in selling ebooks to paying customers as a fair price than in gouging them and trying to lock people out who want to actually purchase.

So, I have decided that I am going to vote with my wallet and just wait it out. Here is my plan:

If a new book comes out from Big Pub and I want to read it, it goes on my wishlist at Kobo. It will come OFF my wish list for whichever of the following scenarios occurs first:

- Public library gets the ebook and I obtain it there
- Book hits best-seller list and price drops below $10 as a result
- Book comes out in paperback and price drops below $10 as a result
- Coupon code crosses my path which makes book obtainable at $10 or less

I will not purchase a commercial book except under the above circumstances.

I figure I have more than enough books to keep me busy in the event that not enough books are available under the above system. In addition to my ongoing Smashwords reviews, there are still a bunch of old Fictionwise purchases I have not gotten to yet, about a year's worth of Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock back issues I have not gotten to yet, all my Zinio mags (most of which run about $12 for an entire year of issues), Amazon freebies, Smashwords freebies, Kobo freebies, Baen freebies, freebies from the public library, freebies my sister finds and shares with me, freebies my dad finds and shares with me, a huge quantity of golden age mystery at Project Gutenberg, paper books my mother buys and shares with me, and so on. I am sure I won't be lacking in material!

So, no more searching inkmesh to save pennies on $12 ebooks which are available in paper for half that. No more 'US only' Sony store frustrations. They sell to me here in Canada, for $10 or less, or I am simply not buying it---it can stay on my wish list indefinitely, until this whole sorry mess straightens itself out!