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lioslaith · 04-18-2010, 07:29 AM

I will be continuing with my standard practice of the past few months. Buying from the smaller independent presses like Samhain. I've been trying out newer less known authors of late and buying direct from the publishers to support them more directly. I started doing this when geographic restrictions began creeping up in more and more of the mainstream authors I previously read.

I tend now to buy from the smaller presses and the only mainstream one I frequent is the Harlequin site in the US as I have no problems buying direct from them even though I live in the UK and they sell in my preferred ePub format. Not preferred out of all formats but displays on my Sony Reader better than a DRM pdf file.

Geographic Restrictions altered my buying habits and these new 'rules' will just re-enforce my new buying habits. The only ones I feel sorry for are the mainstream authors whose pocketbook will be hit by these new regulations. I can see it stopping more readers buying their ebooks and as such affect their royalties.

I know you can buy paperback/hardback instead but I think many are like me and have no physical room for these books. My space restrictions is what sent me down the ebook path last year as I simply have no room for physical books.

A lot of my wishlist books have also disappeared from both Fictionwise and BoB. So I'm not really impressed at the moment with mainstream publishers, but I think this will prove a boon for the smaller publishing houses and their authors. I won't stop buying ebooks but I will be spending my meagre pennies on other publishers, I'll miss the authors whose books I love but eventually they'll turn up on sale in Tesco's or Asda's and I'll catch them there if I really want to.

04-18-2010, 07:29 AM	#29
lioslaith Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Scotland, UK Device: Sony 505, Kindle, Kobo Vox/Glo, Nook	I will be continuing with my standard practice of the past few months. Buying from the smaller independent presses like Samhain. I've been trying out newer less known authors of late and buying direct from the publishers to support them more directly. I started doing this when geographic restrictions began creeping up in more and more of the mainstream authors I previously read. I tend now to buy from the smaller presses and the only mainstream one I frequent is the Harlequin site in the US as I have no problems buying direct from them even though I live in the UK and they sell in my preferred ePub format. Not preferred out of all formats but displays on my Sony Reader better than a DRM pdf file. Geographic Restrictions altered my buying habits and these new 'rules' will just re-enforce my new buying habits. The only ones I feel sorry for are the mainstream authors whose pocketbook will be hit by these new regulations. I can see it stopping more readers buying their ebooks and as such affect their royalties. I know you can buy paperback/hardback instead but I think many are like me and have no physical room for these books. My space restrictions is what sent me down the ebook path last year as I simply have no room for physical books. A lot of my wishlist books have also disappeared from both Fictionwise and BoB. So I'm not really impressed at the moment with mainstream publishers, but I think this will prove a boon for the smaller publishing houses and their authors. I won't stop buying ebooks but I will be spending my meagre pennies on other publishers, I'll miss the authors whose books I love but eventually they'll turn up on sale in Tesco's or Asda's and I'll catch them there if I really want to.