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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
AOh to Neilmarr--I think Amazon has to insist on the US addie and other restrictions because of copyright and publisher restrictions. They are not doing it just for the heck of it and from what I read they are trying to get other markets (countries) to open up and get permission to sell Kindle and books there. There's some sort of "trade" issues to be worked out as I understand it. They will go where the customer is--I seriously don't think it's just to be a bully!
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I suppose they can't say "since they're not tagged for VAT as books, but as software, obviously we can sell them anywhere; book licensing for those countries doesn't include software licenses."
(I don't think that'd fly, but I'd love to see the attempt.)