As manager of a book shop in the early 21st century and website manager for said shop in the late 20th century, I can confirm that Geo-restrictions have existed for decades. If JSWolf doesn't believe that... tough.
It wasn't enforced to the letter, specialist shops could generally get away with importing small quantities for the UK market and get ignored as our shop was, partly because US copies were priced higher for much of the time and partly because the reps knew we would order UK editions when they were available...
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Show me where eBook geo-restrictions were before the agency model came to be?
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