Great survey
I looks as if there is some consensus around:
- if it's public domain somewhere, then I'm fine; how can it be PD in country X but not country Y?
- if you've made it impossible for me to obtain it "legally", then I'll use my initiative
- if I've already paid for it, I shouldn't pay again
The first two ring true, the last one makes me pause. A paperback is not the same as the hardback which is not the same as a special edition or the eBook. I am not sure I can demand a second copy just because I paid for the first.
However, here I have a personal parallel with music. If a remastered version with a digital booklet of an old favourite appears on iTMS, I'll buy it - extra value, I'll pay for that. Equally, if an album appears cheaply that I haven't yet ripped from *my* CD, then I'll buy that too - inexpensive way of saving labour. So, forget the row over the $9.99 or $19.99 bestsellers - if you want me to pay for your extensive back catalogue, make it cheap, and then I would never even consider copying it from elsewhere using the "I already own it" excuse.
As for restricting books to geographies - currently I can work around that. If you close that door (and don't make them available in my country) - please don't be cross when I make alternative arrangements!
Publishers...it's up to you
amjb