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Originally Posted by Harmon
I've never grasped why Amazon blocks the sale of ebooks outside the US. Maybe someone can enlighten me...
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Apparently, legally speaking, when you buy a
paper book from Amazon US, the sale is deemed to have taken place in the US, so Amazon are allowed to supply it, no matter where the customer lives. When you buy an
eBook on the other hand, the sale is deemed to occur at the customer's location, so if it's an eBook that Amazon only has US distribution rights for, they aren't allowed to sell it.
Why this difference should exist, I don't know; but from what I've read, that is the reason the eBook stores have to impose geographical restrictions.