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Originally Posted by Hellmark
If it really is their right to deny to sell to people they don't want, why is it still hunky dory with them to sell me the physical book when they won't sell me the ebook?
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This is the question I get asked so many times by people who have just purchased an ereader and want to buy ebooks.
"Amazon won't let me buy the ebook...why?"
Then
"How do I get around it? So an So told me he can get me a copy through [insert torrent site here]"
Thank God for Baen and Smashwords. Steering ebook newbies there helps out a lot, but for those who want restricted best selling books, it is simply too hard to try and buy them.
The number difference of ebooks available to Australian's for instance is substantially lower than the US.
As ebook sales increase and paperback sales decline accordingly, the issue is not going away in a hurry.