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Not finding ebook versions for the US market
I have not run into this much before - but recently I ran into three books not being available as ebooks in the US.
Notwithstanding by Louis de Bernières The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I don't know if it's just bad luck - but in the past I was almost always able to find ebook versions on one store or another. Compounding my frustration, each of those books is available on foreign ebook stores (I think all three are on Amazon.UK, if I remember correctly). What's happening here? I understand regional restrictions, but what is cutting off the US market from books more than other English-speaking regions? I understand I can jump around hoops and download this from UK ebook stores - but it's more of a hassle than I want to deal with. I ended up buying the paperback of Notwithstanding because I did not want to deal with VPN, stripping DRM, or whatnot. Too much of a waste of time. Frankly, I even tried to find a pirated version (after buying the paperback, if that makes any of you moral-police feel better) because I don't want to drag the paperback around - but I couldn't find it. Also a change - you used to be able to find anything. Maybe he's just an unexciting author... |
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The Little Prince is available on Amazon (US).
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Geo-restrictions might play a part, but in the case of the Bradbury book, I'd be surprised if existed anywhere as a legal ebook. As far as know, the only legal ebook was Fahrenheit 451. He apparently OK'd the release of his back-list as ebooks, but I haven't seen any yet.
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i get the same one from notwithstanding but little prince lets me buy it and gives me the option of wich devide i wanna send it too
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I've been wanting Mary Stewart's books in digital form. Several months back most of them became available at Amazon.co.uk, but there are still none for sale in the U.S. It's very annoying.
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Yes, I checked your link and you are right - it is now available. I am fairly certain that must be recent, because I searched everywhere, about a month ago, and it was not available. While I hate to be proven wrong, I am really glad you looked into it - it's nice it is finally available. Last edited by vxf; 08-22-2012 at 06:30 PM. |
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I too am awaiting Bradbury's backlist. They were some of my favorites when I was growing up.
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