As the shallower parts of the internet might say, HERP-A-DERP-A-HURR-DURR.
That is one I have never heard.
In some instances it's been because of location, in other cases it's been because of proprietary reader restriction (which is to say, only available on whichever particular, proprietary brand e-reader, and if you don't own one of those exact models then FUCK YOU, NO BOOK FOR YOU!).
This is, for now, one of my arguments against ebooks. I can read a real book without any device other than them what Nature provided. Period.
That said, it's very complicated why some books are available as ebooks here and not there. And it's no worse than the wankery that leads to foreign translations, etc. But the best solution, always, is to bite the bullet and, no matter where you are on earth, buy the book from Amazon (not uk, etc., just the main Amazon site) or order it from a US retailer/publisher. No, you don't get instant gratification, and you'll have to read an analog book, but you will get it, and there will be no piracy.
To quote Arcade Fire, "We used to wait." Whatever happened to that?
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Date: 2011-09-16 04:11 pm (UTC)As the shallower parts of the internet might say, HERP-A-DERP-A-HURR-DURR.
That is one I have never heard.
In some instances it's been because of location, in other cases it's been because of proprietary reader restriction (which is to say, only available on whichever particular, proprietary brand e-reader, and if you don't own one of those exact models then FUCK YOU, NO BOOK FOR YOU!).
This is, for now, one of my arguments against ebooks. I can read a real book without any device other than them what Nature provided. Period.
That said, it's very complicated why some books are available as ebooks here and not there. And it's no worse than the wankery that leads to foreign translations, etc. But the best solution, always, is to bite the bullet and, no matter where you are on earth, buy the book from Amazon (not uk, etc., just the main Amazon site) or order it from a US retailer/publisher. No, you don't get instant gratification, and you'll have to read an analog book, but you will get it, and there will be no piracy.
To quote Arcade Fire, "We used to wait." Whatever happened to that?