Thread: geographic restrictions at Fictionwise
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Old 08-21-2009, 10:44 AM   #181
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Originally Posted by hapalochlaena View Post
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I just leave my profile set to USA, because at the moment it seems that all the new books by popular writers at Fictionwise have geographic restrictions. Almost every book I buy at Fictionwise is only available for the USA.

I wonder how many customers they are losing because of these short-sighted restrictions? By restricting their sales to just the USA they are left with a market where they have to compete with Amazon/Kindle.
As the Fictionwise books cannot be read on the Kindle (at least for the average Kindle reader) they already loose half of that market. I wonder how long Fictionwise is able to make a profit that way? Or is Barnes & Noble converting Fictionwise to an USA-only store like the Amazon Kindle store?
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