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Originally Posted by GeoffC
There is no problem with buying a goodly range of books from any US store - be it BoB or Fictionwise (FW) .....
However, increasingly, some publishers are adding a Geographical Restriction on their wares .....
One UK writer, Sir Terry Pratchett, is not available to be purchased from the BoB/FW from someone correctly supplying their UK address.
Having a UK outlet may not alter this restriction......The more I think about it the more I wonder if the idea is sound, especially if there is an attempt to sell at a higher price in Sterling, than the Dollar equivalent .....
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reason however, for the "no sale if you're in the UK" restriction for Terry Pratchett's books is that FW/BoB sell the US version of the book, and there is a separate UK publisher. The UK store will, one hopes, sell the UK version of it to UK customers.