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Liz Groot · 07-18-2012, 06:30 AM

I am induced to piracy by the following exasperating facts:
- I wanted to buy an e-book at Amazon, and found one for €4,50 on Amazon.de; unfortunately, I live in Germany's neighbouring country, the Netherlands, so I could not order from the German section of Amazon, and I am forced to buy the very same book for €9 at Amazon.com. I cannot imagine what difference in quality can earn a double price for an ebook.
- I bought the book I wanted at Kobo books, for €5,50, but it turned out that 'ereader' on the Kobo sites only means 'Kobo ereader'; there was a safety called "DRM" on the ebook, so I could not convert the epub/pdf by Calibre to my Kindle. I sent an email and Kobo was very sorry I did not succeed in transferring the book to my ereader, but I had to look on their website (where it is nowhere made clear that 'ereader' means only their own type and is not generally used) and I could not get a refund. I was really angry, for I already own the book in paper and I am not in need of a desktop version on my home computer. I wanted an e-version, to read it on holiday.
- Suggestion: why not offer an e-version with any book you buy on paper? The author earns, the bookshop earns, and I would be a happy customer.

07-18-2012, 06:30 AM	#9
Liz Groot Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: kindle	Amazon has different prices in different countries& Kobo is vague about compatibility I am induced to piracy by the following exasperating facts: - I wanted to buy an e-book at Amazon, and found one for €4,50 on Amazon.de; unfortunately, I live in Germany's neighbouring country, the Netherlands, so I could not order from the German section of Amazon, and I am forced to buy the very same book for €9 at Amazon.com. I cannot imagine what difference in quality can earn a double price for an ebook. - I bought the book I wanted at Kobo books, for €5,50, but it turned out that 'ereader' on the Kobo sites only means 'Kobo ereader'; there was a safety called "DRM" on the ebook, so I could not convert the epub/pdf by Calibre to my Kindle. I sent an email and Kobo was very sorry I did not succeed in transferring the book to my ereader, but I had to look on their website (where it is nowhere made clear that 'ereader' means only their own type and is not generally used) and I could not get a refund. I was really angry, for I already own the book in paper and I am not in need of a desktop version on my home computer. I wanted an e-version, to read it on holiday. - Suggestion: why not offer an e-version with any book you buy on paper? The author earns, the bookshop earns, and I would be a happy customer.