thank you for the answer, Kurt. it's really appreciable to have someone directly from BooksOnBoard address our concerns and explain the situation.
I'm glad to know BoB's attitude about this situation (which i completely support) and profoundly chagrined to discover that publishers seem once again to be making the worst possible choice. ironically, i can order a paper book from, say, amazon US and as long as i'm willing to pay the higher shipping rate they'll send it to me anywhere in the world. the idea of limiting internet sales of ebooks based on geographical location is so absurd as to be laughable, were it not a real problem. if UK e-tailers don't want to lose sales to other online booksellers, perhaps they should consider a more realistic pricing policy.
maybe it's time for yet another letter-writing campaign to the publishers... joy.
