Fictionwise: Title NOT available to...

Crusader · 12-22-2009, 01:08 PM

This must be a new twist to the geo-restrictions at Fictionwise since it's the first book I came across with the message.

Normally books would have a notice like:

Quote:

GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS: Available to customers in: US

On the Four Scarpetta Novels bundle they've done the opposite.
The notice reads:

Quote:

GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS: NOT AVAILABLE to customers in: AI, AU, FJ, GB, GH, IE, IQ, JO, MM, MS, NA, NZ, SL, VG, ZA, ZM, ZW, IN

So I guess any territories not specifically excluded are free to buy the book, unlike the normal notice where only the included territories could buy the book. Yet another layer of possible confusion for prospective buyers.

Great job publishers/distributors! *

*That was sarcasm!

mtravellerh · 12-22-2009, 01:12 PM

This has been going on for a while now!

Crusader · 12-22-2009, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtravellerh

This has been going on for a while now!

The NOT AVAILABLE notice? I've only ever come across the first kind and I've been looking through hundreds of listings.

calvin-c · 12-22-2009, 01:50 PM

I suspect that it depends on how the contract is written. If someone wants to purchase world-wide rights, but exclusive rights have already been sold for, say, the US, then the contract would give them rights to sell it everywhere *except* the US.

This whole GR thing is a mess. IMO the easiest way to fix it is to define the location of the sale more closely to the location of the sale of physical goods, i.e. 'at the company store'. That's still a little vague, but it could be handled the same way mail order is regarding sales tax. (AFAIK this is universal, but I'm not aware of a law making it so. Maybe it's just a common practice.)

with mail order, it doesn't matter where you actually place the order. If the company has a location in the taxing jurisdiction where you live, then it's supposed to charge you sales tax for that jurisdiction-the sale is assumed to take place at the local store. If it doesn't, then the sale takes place at the location that receives your order. (Most jurisdictions exempt from tax sales that occur outside their jurisdiction. But they don't allow you to evade the tax by placing the order, for example, at the headquarters while picking it up locally.)

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12-22-2009, 01:12 PM	#2
mtravellerh book creator Posts: 9,657 Karma: 3856660 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Luxembourg Device: Kindle Scribe	This has been going on for a while now!

12-22-2009, 01:50 PM	#4
calvin-c Guru Posts: 787 Karma: 1575310 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Moon+ Pro	I suspect that it depends on how the contract is written. If someone wants to purchase world-wide rights, but exclusive rights have already been sold for, say, the US, then the contract would give them rights to sell it everywhere except the US. This whole GR thing is a mess. IMO the easiest way to fix it is to define the location of the sale more closely to the location of the sale of physical goods, i.e. 'at the company store'. That's still a little vague, but it could be handled the same way mail order is regarding sales tax. (AFAIK this is universal, but I'm not aware of a law making it so. Maybe it's just a common practice.) with mail order, it doesn't matter where you actually place the order. If the company has a location in the taxing jurisdiction where you live, then it's supposed to charge you sales tax for that jurisdiction-the sale is assumed to take place at the local store. If it doesn't, then the sale takes place at the location that receives your order. (Most jurisdictions exempt from tax sales that occur outside their jurisdiction. But they don't allow you to evade the tax by placing the order, for example, at the headquarters while picking it up locally.)

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