Well, again the spectre of geographical restrictions has reared it’s ugly head. Reading on blogs that the early Nicole Jordan books are being released in digital format at a reasonable price I was interested … well my interest met a sudden end when clicking a link to the web store to have a closer look I was met with the following:

We’re Sorry!!

This content is not available internationally.

Unfortunately, this content is only available in select countries, and we do not currently have the rights to offer this content for browsing or purchasing in . For more information on our geographic availability, please click here.

In the meantime, please feel free to read and purchase the following content, which has international availability:

 

Sorry not interested in other content. So guess I’ll go elsewhere to find something that tickles my fancy … indie publishers here I come!!

Sounds too harsh, after all they are offering other content which has internationally availability aren’t they?

Not so, when meeting up with such restrictions I tend to go elsewhere altogether and don’t bother returning back to check for availability in the future. My attention span can be minuscule I’m afraid. Get me interested, tell me I can’t view/buy because I am living in the ‘wrong’ country and I tend to go elsewhere which doesn’t have geographically restrictions.

One of the reasons I love indie publishers, like Samhain and Total-e-bound, I can buy new releases (or old releases) regardless of my country of origin.

I wish publishers would realise this costs them money, many buyers like me can’t be bothered waiting an indefinite time for them to work out who has the right to publish a book wherever, especially when I can buy a the paperback of the same US only book regardless of which country I reside.

Many like me will buy books which don’t fight over geographic restrictions or DRM and find the joy of buying from smaller independent publishers who sell worldwide directly or through resellers.