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Originally Posted by JanG
My novella was forward by Smashwords to Barnes & Noble. Fantastic I thought, and I have absolutely no quarrel with Smashwords. They're doing a marvellous job.
So I went looking for my book, and there it was, looking beautiful on its page. But can I download my own work? Nope. I don't live in the U.S. so I am not allowed to download a book that I wrote. 
How ironic can life get?
I only wanted to see what it looked like after downloading it. 
What I don't understand is why anyone in the world can download my book from Feedbooks or Smashwords, but only those that live in the U.S. can get it from B&N.
--JanG. |
Are you sure Barnes and Nobles is the "villain" here? They may simply be following a restriction placed on them by Smashwords. Perhaps Smashwords reserved the rights to other markets if they feel your work would do better through different outlets in those markets.