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Originally Posted by orwell2k
In the end, I can try to logically put forward my position on this matter as much as I like, but the bottom line is Amazon and Sony don't want me tyo buy their eBooks. So, screw Amazon and screw Sony - they will never get me as an eReading customer in the future, period.
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It's not that they don't WANT you to buy their books, but that their publishing contracts do not PERMIT them to sell you some of their books. If a publisher only has a contract to sell a book in the US, then they will be in breach of contract if they sell it to you if they sell it elsewhere. That's because, legally, the "point of sale" for a digital product is the customer's location, whereas for a physical product it's the store's location. So when you buy a paper book from Amazon US, legally it's being sold in the US, but when you buy an eBook it's being sold in the UK. Yes, it's stupid, but that's the way it is at the moment, and Sony and Amazon cannot just ignore the law.