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unicorn23 · 07-25-2009, 05:37 AM

Having emailed Amazon not so long ago to remind them that the rest of the world is out here, and we'd quite like to have access to ebooks too, I can tell you that the official line from Amazon is that territorial copyrights don't permit them to make content available outside the US. Can't answer for the hardware, although I'm told the wireless connectivity has a lot to do with it - licensing there, I guess.

Certainly, we in the Land Down Under would like to be able to buy Amazon content, because the one Australian bookseller that does offer a fairly limited range of non-specialist ebooks is offering them at close to Australian hardcover prices (try $AUD45 per ebook on for size if you think ebooks elsewhere are overpriced!!).

So yes, like everyone else, I make do with Fictionwise and BoB and Diesel, but even then, I can't buy everything I want, because some publishers, like Hachette, still won't sell in certain geographical areas.

I don't want to buy many pbooks anymore, because my house will burst at the seams, but I can't legitimately buy what I want to read in ebook form either. Bah, humbug!!

Cheers,
Unicorn23

07-25-2009, 05:37 AM	#47
unicorn23 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Device: HanLin V3	Actually, the issue is (officially) territorial copyrights Having emailed Amazon not so long ago to remind them that the rest of the world is out here, and we'd quite like to have access to ebooks too, I can tell you that the official line from Amazon is that territorial copyrights don't permit them to make content available outside the US. Can't answer for the hardware, although I'm told the wireless connectivity has a lot to do with it - licensing there, I guess. Certainly, we in the Land Down Under would like to be able to buy Amazon content, because the one Australian bookseller that does offer a fairly limited range of non-specialist ebooks is offering them at close to Australian hardcover prices (try $AUD45 per ebook on for size if you think ebooks elsewhere are overpriced!!). So yes, like everyone else, I make do with Fictionwise and BoB and Diesel, but even then, I can't buy everything I want, because some publishers, like Hachette, still won't sell in certain geographical areas. I don't want to buy many pbooks anymore, because my house will burst at the seams, but I can't legitimately buy what I want to read in ebook form either. Bah, humbug!! Cheers, Unicorn23