This battle about special distribution rights limited to a specific country or zone has been fought and lost by music distributors. In the meantime, piracy skyrocketed.
It will happen now for ebooks. The digital "weight" of an ebook is much lighter than a MP3 file...You do not need to be a big prophet to realize where the consumers will be going. After some years of bleeding losses, publishers will try to adapt to this elusive market with more realistic offers.
We have been there before...
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