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When I got bitten last week by the Hachette 'Geographically Correct' bug (I'm in the UK, and the books I wanted appear to be US/Canada only), I spent some time searching for a non-US retailer for them, just for the hell of it, and also to see what price differences there would be.
And found none. No other seller at all. I started with Google, and then worked through some of the likely retailers sites. Nothing. I even looked around Hachette for links, with no success.
Which means that Hachette and any other publisher implementing similar restrictions - whether mandated by contract or no - is not simply switching income from one source to another, but is actually losing the sale for the book completely. And if the book forms part of a series, then there will also be the loss of income the whole series
Also, doing an extensive search is not something I am likely to do very often, if at all. *Shrugs* There are a lot of other books that I want to read without my having to jump through hoops.
Snowman
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