topic is sony being unfair banning outsiders from the us ebook store in eReaders https://community.sony.se/t5/ereaders/is-sony-being-unfair-banning-outsiders-from-the-us-ebook-store/m-p/246506#M568 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi and thank you for your question.</P><P></P><P>Unfortunately Sony has to follow strict guidelines for the distribution of digital media, these are enforced by each country and publisher, you will find in most cases that a publisher in the USA will not be the same for the UK or even Europe, I understand the confusion for the end user, however this is something beyond Sony's control.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:52:12 GMT specialist-convergence 2011-09-15T14:52:12Z is sony being unfair banning outsiders from the us ebook store https://community.sony.se/t5/ereaders/is-sony-being-unfair-banning-outsiders-from-the-us-ebook-store/m-p/246505#M567 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> sony stops any access to the ebook store for outside the usa, it is also the only place for the author i want!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:29:54 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/ereaders/is-sony-being-unfair-banning-outsiders-from-the-us-ebook-store/m-p/246505#M567 saqsaal 2011-09-14T18:29:54Z is sony being unfair banning outsiders from the us ebook store https://community.sony.se/t5/ereaders/is-sony-being-unfair-banning-outsiders-from-the-us-ebook-store/m-p/246506#M568 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi and thank you for your question.</P><P></P><P>Unfortunately Sony has to follow strict guidelines for the distribution of digital media, these are enforced by each country and publisher, you will find in most cases that a publisher in the USA will not be the same for the UK or even Europe, I understand the confusion for the end user, however this is something beyond Sony's control.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:52:12 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/ereaders/is-sony-being-unfair-banning-outsiders-from-the-us-ebook-store/m-p/246506#M568 specialist-convergence 2011-09-15T14:52:12Z is sony being unfair banning outsiders from the us ebook store https://community.sony.se/t5/ereaders/is-sony-being-unfair-banning-outsiders-from-the-us-ebook-store/m-p/246507#M569 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The geographical limitation lark is, frankly, a damn nuisance, but it's evolved, as specialist says, partly because of different publishers with different rights in different countries, but also partly due to various boring trade deal/reg's/arrangements at national levels.</P><P>But it does seem strange that I can go online and get all the books I need in physical form with out a problem, but digitally it's a pain the wotsit !</P><P>Recently went through this with an Irish auther who lives in Canada and Ireland, and I ended buying secondhand from the Amazon behomoth !</P><P>In four different parcels....</P><P>From four different sellers....</P><P>Which arrived over the space of a month...</P><P></P><P>And I never got any reply from the author's website Help page !!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.se/html/@ACFB640931836ADAA652DC20D2A2D795/images/smilies/042.png" alt=":angry:" title=":angry:" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:35:09 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/ereaders/is-sony-being-unfair-banning-outsiders-from-the-us-ebook-store/m-p/246507#M569 carpetmojo 2011-09-15T15:35:09Z