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Originally Posted by CommonReader
I can get pbooks by mail order from anywhere in Europe, e.g. I get get English books from the UK, from Ireland, buy them directly in Germany, whatever. Yet ebooks are unavailable from UK bookstores like Waterstones and W.H. Smith if you live in Germany. It would be most welcome if the EU cracks this attempt at market segmentation.
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They could do it by passing a law that states the purchase transaction is taking place at the site where the ebook store is located (which is how pbook sales are processed) rather than at the buyer's location (which is why ebookstores are forbidden from selling ebooks "out-of-area").
It would open a can of worms vis-a-vis ebook licensing rights but it would solve the problem. Don't expect it to happen, though.