Thread: If only I lived in the US.
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Old 02-08-2010, 07:33 AM   #62
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Originally Posted by sergiodongala View Post
So why authors don't just sell the rights for worldwide sells?
The simplest answer is "Because nobody wants to buy them" in a lot of cases.

The simplest solution to all this nonsense is to just define the point of sale as the place where the seller is, same as for a paper book - this is why you can buy a paperback from Amazon US and have it shipped to the UK, but you can't buy an e-book from Amazon US and download it in the UK.

The problem, from the publisher's point of view, is that this would loosen their control and open the doors to competition, and neither of these is acceptable.
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