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Originally Posted by K-Thom
Thats fine with me as long as we are talking about a localized language conversion. But there is no reason why I as a German reader am not allowed to buy an English edition from a US-publisher.
The German publisher won't lose any sales simply because he doesn't offer the English eBook version. Neither the printed one, btw.
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That is what I have been saying. But they would have to rework all their contracts. My guess is that will be the first step toward more openess. For a country like Taiwan where I live it makes even less sense, for most books there is no version in any language available. Only major best sellers get translated into Chinese. And unlike Europe, taxes would not be a problem either. Most US sellers would probably shy away from "officially" selling to EU customers because then they would be asked to set up a system for collecting and forwarding the 19% VAT. The way it happens now they can pretend they don't know it if someone slips through the cracks.