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Originally Posted by hekkel
I'm living in the Netherlands which is a member state of the same EU as the UK is part of. And the EU has laws that enforce free trade among its member states. Perhaps I have to start some legal action here?
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EU free trade just stops governments from putting up barriers to trade. It doesn't require anyone to sell in all states if they sell in one.
My guess is that this is due to the publishing contract for the book. Perhaps the publisher only has UK rights to the book.
This will continue to be a problem so long as publishers (or authors/agents) insist on exclusive territorial rights for ebooks. The only real solution is for all publishers to take non-exclusive worldwide rights. I don't see this happening generally for many years.
