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Originally Posted by Phogg
Moving the vast bulk of book sales to a ship offshore solves a problem?
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Does the ship have selling rights to any books?
Pbook stores sited anywhere in the world can take online orders from anywhere else and *then* ship the product anywhere. Two steps. Sale takes place at the vendor's site--delivery takes place at the buyer's site.
Delivery does not factor in determining who can buy from a given store, just the store's ability/willingness to deliver. (C.f. THE BOOK DEPOSITORY.)
Most ebook stores treat sale and delivery as a single integral step taking place at the customer's location and are thus restricted to selling product solely within the borders of their host nation.
It would probably take something like legislative action by a government or supra-national body like the EU to force the treatment of ebook sales as two independent steps for the residents of their countries.
Do note that for US citizens, Amazon does in fact treat sale/billing and delivery as two separate steps which is why Kindle owners on travel/extended foreign residence can still access and buy from the US Kindle store. So it *can* be done.
I just doubt it will happen any time soon.
The BPHs have more government clout than outraged consumers.
Which is also why I expect nothing meaningful to come of the EU investigation or US lawsuits on the Price Fix scam.