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Originally Posted by scveteran
Can someone explain the problem with geographic restrictions? You say other non-US residents have this as the biggest problem.
I am assuming that you mean books from other countries are not available to you instead of just books from the US are unavailable to you.
After all, we all know that us rednecks from the US are not cultured enough to write that many good books. And the US population is not only a small portion of the world, but a small portion of the English speaking world as well.
So I have to assume that you are talking about geographic restrictions from other countries.
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Due to contractual agreements and distributing rights which appear to be different in most cases to hard/paper-cover books, residents of countries that wish to purchase an ebook title cannot.
This issue is becoming more and more restrictive and often occurs mid series. An earlier book or books available to be purchased but later not.
There are some workarounds for a purchaser to be able to buy geo restricted titles but these are becoming fewer. The vast majority of GR books appear to originate from US publishers, even if the selected author is a citizen of the same country the purchaser resides in.
This ridiculous restriction almost more than anything else would certainly make the would be purchaser look at "other" options in order to acquire the ebook title they were keen to purchase.
No point worrying about DRM and prices when a book cannot be purchased at all.