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Originally Posted by caleb72
What I've never understood though is that this old model existed with the paper book medium and was the first thing to be theoretically blown away by the creation of the global marketplace. In Australia we already have unrestricted access to books from the UK and the US through online retailers. Amazon and others do not try to determine which region you reside in and will happily ship the books you've chosen anywhere you nominate. So regional publishing rights are already meaningless as far as the consumer is concerned.
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If I can not get ebooks in Australia due to regional restrictions, I may well resort to buying paper books. However, one thing is for certain, I won't be rewarding local publishers with that decision, I will be purchasing from Booktopia or Amazon.
You can't hold back the tide - it's never been a very successful business philosophy. Adapt or die is probably a better one.
Regards
Caleb
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Caleb, you should actually be looking at The Book Depository first. Free shipping!
And two options, the uk and the usa site - have different prices, so check for the cheapest.
The usa one tends to be cheaper at the moment, given the parity exchange rate.
http://www.bookdepository.com
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/