Dear Mike and Wallcraft,
Thanks for the info! I get the picture of what needs to be done
I found I had no problems reading stuff on the iPod, in fact I like it, so it prompted me to decide I would try getting ebooks for the iPod rather than buying the still expensive Kindle device, which apparently is not officially available outside Europe either.
Isn't this something useful for the European Commission to spend some time on, ie. getting this crazy situation sorted out?