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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Live Bait is published in the US by Signet (a Penguin US label) they DO NOT offer it as an ebook.
Live Bait is published in the UK by Penguin UK they DO offer it as an ebook.
There are geo restrictions for US customers on other sites selling books from UK publishers too.
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I just registered to say essentially the same thing but you've got it well covered.
Now that the Kindle store is officially usable in multiple countries we're going to see more of this. Digital music downloads suffered, and still do suffer, the same problem.
It'll get better after a while but lots of publishers will hold out longer than makes sense. They'll do it while complaining about piracy without providing a viable alternative for people who want digital editions.
I'll be surprised if ten years from now we wont be able to print the timeline of stupid mistakes the book publishers are making and match it up with the timeline of stupid mistakes the music labels made before them. Everyone is too busy trying to "save" their current market that they aren't preparing for their future market.
Ok, enough ranting for now. Welcome to the land of being messed about by geographical restrictions. The places you can pirate media from instead of dealing with the whole mess are over there...