[martienne]

ok - but the situation with e-librarian is different because Denmark is small country probably with a poorly developed e-book market. What elibrarian is talking about is specific to Denmark which none of us know about.

Likewise the situation with my Swedish example was pretty unique as well. Had this been an English major Bible edition, it would already be ripped a long time ago, and the vendor would be selling it in various ebook formats. Neither was the case.

I think most of us are looking at this from a perspective of living under Amazon dominance, or dominance of some other very large and profitable vendor. In the English speaking market, for example, almost all Bible texts actually are copyrighted and owned by profitable corporations like Zondervan and the like.

ELibrarian's experiences are unique to his market where nobody else is active here, and he is clearly a bit of a pioneer. Clearly he knows the market and we don't, and he's performing a services that is in demand.

I fear for Elibrarians business once Amazon make their entry into the DK market. Hopefully I'm wrong. They have got their eyes on Sweden, FYI Kim, and the Swedish publishers are shocked already by their tactics.

The Swedish market for buying physical books online is really bad, to be honest, at least it was last time I tried it. I don't believe they put DRM on ebooks though, which is nice.

But at least the money you pay stays in the country and goes to local people. I am willing to put up with less efficient service rather than than have a ruthless American corporation dominate the market, not pay tax and move their money abroad, which is how Amazon operates in Europe (they tax in Luxembourg, how convenient).
The Swedish vendors will get there eventually.