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Originally Posted by nohmi2
How I wish that I was able to have as good a rant and rave as you do. All I do is go on the boil and think cruel and nasty thoughts.
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Well, that's okay. Thinking all of the nasty things to do to people who have grossly wronged you is like, well, ranting on the inside.
Good show!
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My latest is, ebooks which we are not allowed to have in the Land of Oz.
Has censorship struck us???
I have 'Rubicon' by Tom Holland in a pbook and also wanted it on my Kindle. In my ignorance went to Mobipocket, put it in my cart, went to pay, and a notice came up and told me that it's unavailable in Australia. Why? Why?
Why?
@#%#* (twice)
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I've not heard of that problem before, though I don't buy many ebooks that often (I've mostly downloaded "public domain" stuff). So, are you saying, if I go to Mobipocket.com and try to buy that book it's tell me to bugger off? Have you tried Fictionwise and Booksonboard? I'll go have a look at those two in a moment.
I suspect it's something to do with the publishing agreement. That is, I think the way it goes (someone will be along to correct me, I'm sure) is that the author sells the publisher the rights to distribute the books in specific countries/regions (or is it the publisher selling the rights to the retailer?). Thus, if the retailer tries to sell it outside of that region, they're outside of that agreement. I could be wrong though. I can't remember entering my "region" in to Mobipocket or Fictionwise or Booksonboard, so I don't know how they tell where you're from (maybe I did).
Anyway, I'll go have a look. Back in a jiff.
Cheers,
Marc
PS. None of this in anyway reduces the validity of your internal rant - in the end, you wanted to give money to a bookseller and, indirectly, the author, and you were given the response "We don't want your money". That'd be enough to have me rousing the angry masses with a call to set their torches on fire and grab their pitchforks and storm the ramparts of the paper castles.