Some new numbers on eBook availability across readers

[calvin-c]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It doesn't help rate the bookseller, but it does help rate the device. Eg, the Kindle is very much less "good" in terms of its range of books for people outside the US compared to those in the US.

True. Hadn't thought of using this analysis to rate the device, Thanks.

Nick: Although I agree that larger booksellers get better deals from publishers, I don't believe it's in easing geographic restrictions. That's based on the contract between the publisher & author so the publisher can't 'ease' the restrictions for one bookseller while tightening them for another. The most they could do is selective enforcement-the restrictions would still be legally binding but, as with most laws, it's up to the 'authorities' to decide when to enforce them.

They *might* be doing that, but I doubt it-doing more than very occasionally would show a pattern of behavior that would be actionable. (Very occiasional non-enforcement can be blamed on oversight/carelessness, etc. That might not be the truth, but unless you can bug their offices you can't prove it except by proving a pattern.)