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Originally Posted by Crusader
Yeah, you'd think that, but in their eyes they are 'different' from each other. It's a bit of a mess trying to figure out how these things work.  |
That kind of thing isn't so unusual. I worked very briefly for Borders UK at the turn of the century, and they were a distinct entity, in certain business terms, from Borders US. Similarly, Amazon UK and Amazon US are, I believe (or at least this was certainly the case) technically different business entities. Perhaps it's a case of one business 'leasing' their model to backers in other countries. Borders UK, for instance, was launched in collaboration with some other London-based bookshop chain whose name I forget.
Those of you in the UK may also be interested to know that Tor UK is running a competition over the next few days to win every one of their ebooks - 160 in all, on USB sticks. Details on their website.
I'll be updating my 'signature' to include the DRM-free aspect.