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Originally Posted by VicLavigne
I don't know the ins and outs of geogaphic restriction for ebooks.
What I do know, is there are long-dead authors who have ebooks for sale in the UK that I cannot buy in the US. Not sure why.
To top it off, one of the authors I have been seeking out, Gordon Dickson, is an American author and has plenty of pbooks available. His ebooks are primarily in the UK, which I am prevented from purchasing due to these stupid geographic restrictions. Something doesn't make sense in this.
Its supposed to be a global market. I've ordered physical goods from Europe a few times in the past, and twice from China. But an electronic ebook that can be downloaded? PROHIBITED. 
Vic |
Simple... his UK publisher with UK rights has decided to pub as ebooks but limitations in original contracts (now held by his estate) preclude them from selling to areas outside those covered by the contracts... if you want them then the place to complain is the US publishers... and point out that they are available in the UK... and keep complaining, and get other Dickson fans to complain... if you're lucky then someone might eventually think it's worthwhile releasing in the US...
And what's supposed to be a global market??? Nothing is global until it's set to be so, just because the internet goes round the world and there are many multinationals, doesn't make a global market for everything... just a talked up myth...