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***It's my understanding that B&N doesn't sell the nook internationally***
Hya Bookwerm: A quick trip around the forums here will show that there's no shortage of folks outside the US who innocently bought the Nook. I wasn't singling out B&N, though, this nonsense can be found at many stores. I wasn't told when I bought my Sony in the UK, for instance, that I could not use the Sony store.
My own catalogue of about 120 titles, for instance, is largely available in all online stores (paperback and ebook formats). Less than half our authors are in the US and -- if there weren't alternatives like our own BeWrite Books store -- they and their friends would not be able to download ebook versions (and sometimes because of geographical restrictions which make no sense when a publisher holds international rights to all forms of presentation).
I'm not saying that device manufacturers will be able to solve the retail problems simply or quickly ... only that they should come clean and spell out retail restrictions.
Cheers. Neil
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