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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Do they mean things like Harry Potter that have been out in realbook for years, or do they mean pre-release / advance reader copies that have been leaked? One could be fixed by not witholding the ebook version for whatever reason they think it should be witheld, the other could be fixed by adding something that would uniquely identify the source but not be obvious to anyone reading it. Like having a minor character with a different name or wearing a different colour socks.
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Reading the article the example unreleased books he uses are like Koontz's newest release. It is released in the US and probably other parts of the world but not yet in the UK. So UK buyers have all sorts of lovely choices if they want to read that book
*they can figure out how to fool the ebook system with IP address forging, fake addresses etc etc and buy as US buyers hoping they don't get "caught" paying good hard money for an ebook they aren't allowed to buy and have their accounts turned off.
*They can order the physical books from Amazon or wherever and wait a couple of days for them to be shipped across the Ocean.
*They can just sit like good little children and not buy the book until they are given permission to hand over their money.
*Or they can just say $$#@@#! it all and have it downloaded and be reading in under 30 seconds from a pirate site. A choice which is remarkably simpler, faster, and easier (and really cheaper) than any of the above choices.
It is a classic example of how the publishing system absolutely refuses to modernize for the global economy.