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Originally Posted by grumbles
And why would I want to buy my books from an American dealer? A recurring problem seems to be that Americans tend to think that what might be good for them is also good for the rest of the world. Now if what the poll really means or what Giggleton wants is "Should Americans have only one source for digital media?" I don't have a problem. In fact, since I can't buy epubs from Amazon and B&N won't sell to me, the problem is moot.
I try to avoid buying from American sources as much as possible. The truth is that there is no protection of privacy in the United States. I don't trust my government. I trust the U.S. even less.
That said, I do buy book from Baen from time to time. On the otherhand, I am not planning on flying over the US any time soon.
I would have liked to be able to say that I shop Canadian but since Indigo is selling Kobo to a Japanese outfit I expect that Homeland (in)Security will be vetting my reading list at some time in the future.
This is also the reason why I have an anonymous registration with Adobe Digital Editions. It is also the reason why I MUST strip DRM to move downloaded books to my readers.
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There independent bookstores in Canada. You can find one nearest to you through IndieBound. Only a portion of the purchase goes to a local Canadian shop and part to Google and part to Adobe for the DRM.
The discussion seems to go in the direction that independent bookstores provide nothing except a link to download from. Not always true. Many of them host book clubs, book readings, signings and friendly staff to help you find books you will like.
If nothing else, it keeps part of the profit in your own community. Isn't that better than keeping none of the profit in your community?