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Maybe because like other instances of voting there's really nothing to vote for. I like the idea of voting with one's wallet or otherwise, but sometimes all the options are bad, so there's really no point. I'm sure there are good publishers for English books - but I don't really care about that, as I would be pretty happy reading only out-of-copyright works in English. There's too much to read anyway.
For smaller markets it can be a bit of a problem. So what happens if I don't agree with the idea that I'm only buying a license and not a product when buying e-books? Maybe I dislike the idea of obvious watermarks in the books? Maybe I want a book without DRM? Maybe I should just buy from a source that offers all that? Only, nobody does. There are like 3 different sellers of e-books in the language I'm interested in and they all have the same business model and practices. And paper books are not an option.
So what then?
Added bonus: let's assume removing DRM is illegal in said country and that's the only way to read the book on the device that I want.
I really don't like the e-book market for many reasons, but I also won't read paper books unless I there's no alternative. And for some of the languages I'm interested in public domain books are not available. There is no company I can support with my money that would provide me with the product that I want.
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