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Originally Posted by Katsunami
An actual e-book related rant; one that has appeared here numerous times for sure.
Two days ago I went to "Murder on the Orient Express" (2017 version), and I liked the movie. Even though I have known the story for a long time, some things slipped my mind:
- The book is by Agatha Christie
- It features Hercule Poirot
Despite having read everything of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and having known of Poirot for at least 20 years, I've never read any story featuring him, or even anything else by Agatha Christie. I thought to chance that, and found a book containing all the short stories. So I went to Kobo.
For some reason, it directed me to the store (URL: kobobooks.com/us/nl, the US store in Dutch), and it told me that the book isn't available to me because I'm not in the US and I should buy it in the Netherlands. Fine... so I went there... and then my jaw dropped.
NOT IN YOUR LIFE, Kobo. G***YS.
This red one the only edition that is available here, and misses a bonus story that was discovered much later, if I'm correct. All other stores I visit tell me that the one that I want is not available in the Netherlands (ISBN 9780062251657), and the alternative, older one with the red cover costs like €35 or so, compared to $12.99 / €10.99 for the one I actually want.
I hope this kind of crap ends as soon as the EU passes its non-geo-blocking legislation. Even if it only pertains to the EU, I'll at least be able to see if books such as these are available in another EU-country. (The most likely one, the UK, exited the EU...)
This drives customers to illegally downloading stuff, people... or in my case, buying the book on my Kobo US account. (I wonder how long that will still be possible.)
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Don't hold your breath waiting on book prices to drop. Unless the EU is setting the prices.