***You didn't say anything substantial in this thread, certainly not in the post I quoted.***
My mistake Kali. Sorry. Discussion along these lines spans more than one thread right now and I made this point elsewhere. Can't remember where, I'm afraid, but if I come across it on this first visit of the day to MR, I'll come back with the link.
To explain that second point, Kali, some online stores have closed their doors to customers outsdide the US, UK and Eire recently (Waterstones and possible B&N, which was the Sony-users' alternative to the US-only Sony store), which means that those who live in the many other countries on our planet can't buy from them ... there's not even access to those titles where a publisher holds international rights.
I find myself in the odd position of defending big publishing here. The big boys of the industry are no pals of mine. But it's not necessarily publishers themselves who impose geographical restrictions. It's largely down to authors and their agents.
For instance, publisher A might have a great presence in country 1 but not country 2, vice versa for publisher B. So the agent and author deny publisher A rights in country 2 and deal with publisher B there for a higher advance based on projected sales.
Cheers. Neil
PS: Hi Kali. Here's the link to the other thread (re Waterstones) where this point is being discussed:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=103969. Very best. N