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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I'd be curious to see figures for geographically restricted countries. I'm skeptical of the idea that the geo-restricteds outnumber the interested-without-enough-money.
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I don't necessarily think the geo-restriction downloads outnumber the "it's free so I'm taking it" downloads--but the geo-restricted people are
potential customers, and the others aren't.
There is something just whacked about publishers' approach of "I don't care if those people want to buy our books; our hands are tied by contracts, so those people should just read something else. I hear there's a lot of public domain ebooks available." No wonder publishing is having problems staying afloat... they're telling would-be customers to go away, it's too complicated to figure out how to take your money.