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Old 01-01-2012, 07:27 AM   #76
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Originally Posted by Avenabo View Post
I'm new to this forum and have been trying to follow this thread, my brain hurts!! I'm a Brit living in Spain and I've got a Sony E Reader. Like the person from NZ, I used to buy from Smiths and Waterstones in UK. The thing I cant get my head round is that Waterstones apologised when they said they couldnt sell me ebooks any longer, but assured me I could buy the same book in paper format from them. I cant see the difference. My credit card is a UK one, my address and ISP are Spanish. If I can buy the hardcopy book, why cant I buy the ebook. Can anyone give me a simple explanation?
It's a matter of EU law, and the legal definition of the "point of sale".

When you buy a physical book, the point of sale is the bookshop.

When you buy an eBook, the point of sale is your computer.
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