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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy
I wish they'd just give us the Audible UK books by Patience Tomlinson instead of recording the others again in the U S.
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I’m not all that fussed about geographic restrictions on ebooks, but rights issues in regard to audiobooks can break my heart a bit. As one example, because I know you’re also a fan of Timothy West’s narrations, I discovered he’d narrated several of the George MacDonald Fraser
Flashman books which aren’t available in digital audio at all, by West or anyone else. Unfortunately, the model more and more seems to be new recordings released as “Audible exclusives,” which means fewer and fewer of older releases. Generally speaking, my favorite narrators are those who’ve been around for a long time, if they’re still alive at that. I’ll always be glad I bought the Simon Vance narrations of the Aubrey/Maturin books before the rights were pulled, but there are too many other examples of the practice.