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Originally Posted by garygibsonsf
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.
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It might not be unusual, but it sure makes things confusing for readers to figure out who has rights to what territory. Common sense would dictate that since it's the same company the books should be available everywhere they have a footprint, but as pointed out, that varies based on author rights etc.
Over here in SA we ostensibly fall in the same block as the UK, with releases coming out a month later, but it doesn't seem as if we'll be able to buy directly from the Tor UK site.