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Originally Posted by geertm
If you download on the Nook or with the B&N PC Reader you will usually get an Epub file. If you download from the website or on other devices you will get an PDB file (because that is more compatible with the B&N reader on other devices).
The agency 5 publishers have forced all bookstores to use fixed prices that may not be discounted. So the books of these 5 big publishers are this expensive everywhere, not just at B&N. So for most books B&N is not more expensive than other bookstores.
The publishers have forced bookstores to implement geographic restrictions. Every store has these restrictions.
One way the Kindle store gets around this is by offering UK editions to European Kindle readers.
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thank you very much for the information, PDB format is good with the Nook, but EPUB is much better, it's good to know B&N giving the choice which format to download
I'm aware of the Agency model affect on e-book prices , but that doesn't apply for all e-books, for example , I purchased Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs from B&N using VPN for 8.99$ (same price as Amazon), the weird thing, Kobobooks selling the same book for 7.79$ !,
I think B&N uses Amazon's prices as a standard, which works fine with them ...
one more thing, where I live there is no publishers having the rights of books I wanna read, and disguising the IP with American one does the trick with b&N although the payment mastercard I use is international, my point is, ebook stores want to sell , but forcing international customer to use workarounds to avoid any legal hassles with publishers ...
