Are we any further ahead at solving this issue? It makes me so mad that I can't buy the ebooks on Amazon that I want simply because I live in NZ ie. my latest frustration is "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese which is not available to me. Don't they get it - I'm not going to pay $40+ NZ dollars for it but I want to read it on my kindle now.
Unfortunately it is up to the publisher of the content to make the call on regional availability. There have been too many books I've wanted to buy on my Kindle that haven't been available in the NZ region as well.
I just can't understand the mentality of some publishers when they are doing this. Essentially, they have lost a sale, because I just can't be bothered buying it in physical form.
I actually suggested to Amazon a while back that they should have some sort of "Demand It" button on titles that aren't available in the region you are attempting to purchase it from. This way, when someone "demands it" from their location, the publisher gets notified and may see the potential benefit from making it available to that region.
The idea doesn't seem to have made it through, sadly.
Amazon should take this idea up cos it's brilliant.
Yes, I see it is available on Kobo so now have to wrap my head around using Calibre to un-DRM it. It all sounded too difficult last time I tried, but will now persevere as I am getting so mad.....
I usually go to www.kobobooks.com on the basis that the content is pretty much the same and non NZ sources can't charge GST.
Unfortunately you've just struck another reason the publishers need a bomb under them. Kobo now only shows a book club resource book for the "Cutting for stone" not the novel itself.
Random House have it showing on their NZ site as "temporarily out of stock" - for an eBook??
Yep, the resource book but not the book itself is for sale in NZ - hello hello! I love my kindle but I hate the unavailability of the books I want to read. Makes one want to be devious.
I am sure I saw "Cutting for Stone" available as ebook on Kobo when you first suggested it too, Bung - or is my mind playing tricks? It definitely isn't there now.
It definitely was there. I don't know if Random House was showing it with epub and kindle versions (at the same RRP as the paperback) with pointless links to NZ retailers then or not.
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