Thread: Hachette Book Group causing major hassles
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Old 01-15-2009, 07:51 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It's a different arrangement. With Amazon (or any other physical bookstore), Amazon buy the book from the publisher and can then sell it on to whomsoever they wish. With an eBook, you're getting the book directly from the publisher - the web site is simply providing a "portal" for you to do so. eBook stores don't "buy" books from the publisher in advance and then re-sell them to you - if they did, the problem wouldn't arise. Amazon's e-Books are single-country - you can't buy them unless you have a US credit card.
It's not a different arrangement.

Amazon or a physical bookstore buys books from a distributor (Amazon is its own distributor, actually). BooksonBoard also bought ebooks from distributors: Ingram Digital, Overdrive, and Mobipocket.

There is no reason BoB shouldn't have the same rights as any other retailer. If Hatchette had tried the same thing with paper books, I wonder if it would be legal in the US?
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