If you ask me, the publishers are shooting themselves in the foot. A basic Google search for the title of a book that is not available in my country has many links to non-legal sources.
That frustration (of not being able to buy an ebook in your country OR finding that a REAL book is cheaper and shipped free) combined with the ease of "finding" the book sitting right there in a Google search will obliterate the whole industry if it's not careful.
The middleman's time of selling CDs, DVDs, and now books may have come to an end, but you guys were warned and had plenty of time to come up with a plan.
Tick, tock ...
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