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I heartily agree. I don't object violently to differential pricing in different markets but I do object to restrictions on sales in markets where the local publisher can't even be bothered to bring an ebook to market.
It's about time authors and agents started to insist on clauses in contracts removing geographical restrictions on ebooks where the publisher in question fails to actually produce an ebook edition - no UK ebook edition, no restriction on UK buyers purchasing from elsewhere. At the moment authors appear to be simply giving away the right to earn from ebooks in backward markets like the UK.
Roll on the day when Amazon (and others) start to bid for ebook rights and publish directly...
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