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Originally Posted by Robertb
Dear All:
Frankly, I was astonished when I first found out that there are geographical boundaries on eBooks. I think it is a real pain and I wish I could change it!
So, being with Astak as I am, I talked with Books On Board. What happens is the publishers put up the geographic boundaries.
Now, I will meet with the top brass of BoB at the CES show next week. I will talk up this whole thing of WHY people have to wait all the way to the end to find out they cannot buy.
I have heard you and I agree. Maybe I can get something done or at least find out why not!!
At Astak we sell the "EZ Reader" and "Mentor" eBook Reader lines and we think they are the best out there. BUT...we also try to listen and solve problems with eBooks in general.
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I still don't understand this geographic boundaries business. Ok, it has something to do with the publishers right and all that. But US$15.00 per book is still US$15.00 even when I pay with my Malaysian Credit Card isn't it? After all the currency exchange I still pay a bit more than that but then I'm satisfied that I've purchased the book.
And what's stranger it's not consistent, I'm following the Michael Scott Nicholas Fleming series, I could buy the first two in the series without any problems but when I tried to purchase the third instalment I get that dreaded "this book is not for sale in your country" note.
For UK buyers they can go to the Books On Board UK site for instance if they can't buy the ebooks on the US site but where does that leave ebook readers on my side of the world? Was tempted to ask an US acquaintance of mine to purchase the book for me, but then of course this will eventually lead to... which I think they wanted to avoid in the first place. Luckily, found another site which I can purchase the book & subsequently other books too, paid a bit more, but I really don't mind as long I can purchase & "own" them.
Actually, I find it a bit "demoralising" (although I know it's not their intention) after going through all the procedures of filling in your credit card details then you get that "doomed" message and you are even asked to remove them from your cart like you did something really offensive or illegal. So, I hope this matter will be resolved soon.