Many of the authors that I LOVE LOVE LOVE, that are on my auto-buy list, have written books with menage HEA’s: Maya Banks, Lorelei James, Lauren Dane, Vivian Arend, Inez Kelley… the list goes on. I love these authors, I buy their books, I treasure their books, but the moment I read about Jack and Jill and James all having their fairy tale together, I start loosing faith.

Now, I will admit that it is a LITTLE bit easier for me to read about threesome relationships in an alternative world setting (emphasis on little). When it’s a sci-fi romance and the characters are from another world where the menage practice is accepted, or even the norm, it’s much easier for me to suspend my brain and think: Okay… it might work for them. And in those cases, that aspect of the book doesn’t turn out being like nails down the chalkboard for me.

Relationships: Is Less Sometimes More? is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

As sad and horrible as this may sound, I expect authors to behave badly. I know that at least two or three times a month I’ll read something that will have me shaking me head in disbelief. But the occasional time comes around when an author says something so outrageous, so annoying that I find myself scratching their name down on my DO NOT BUY EVER list.

Yesterday, Gail Carriger posted about ways that a reader can help her with her sales. I just want to say first and foremost, if an author is ever telling you as the reader HOW, WHERE or WHICH FORMAT  to buy their books, please, PLEASE disregard them. Second, if they are giving you information that they are stating is fact, verify the information before you take it at face value.

I love to read. It’s my number one hobby, the second biggest love of my life (behind my hubby), and probably the one thing I spend the most of my hard earned money on. I go to work 5 days a week and sit behind a desk for 9 hours a day to EARN that money. I do so to pay my bills, put gas in my car, and food on my table. Whatever I have after all that is taken care of is mine to do with as I please. If I want to go back and buy a backlist book on my nook from 2001, who the hell are you to tell me that is wrong. I worked damn hard for that money, and I will spend it however, wherever, and on whatever I want. Period. End of story.

There is a lot of information (and misinformation) out there regarding ebook sales, the New York Times bestseller lists, and how it all gets reported. Jane over at Dear Author has a great post up today about what is and is not verified with these issues. I also want to point out that just this past year, Maya Banks was listed on the NYT ebook bestseller list for her Samhain (ebook only) release Colter’s Daughter.  Ebook sales DO get reported to the NYT list. If you are buying ebooks, please don’t feel guilty for doing so. Again, it’s your money to do with as you wish.

To answer the question of what is the best way to help the authors, it’s easy. Stay away from piracy! If money is tight, head over to your local library. If they don’t have what your looking for, ask them to purchase it. Try a used bookstore. Ask your friends if you can borrow their books! If you can afford to buy the book and you enjoyed it; talk about it, post a review, scream it out on Facebook or Twitter. Tell everyone you know.  There are plenty of ways to get your hands on a book legally, and as readers, that is the best thing we can do for our favorite authors!

Good books will find and hook their own followers. Authors should know that success is not overnight, especially in the publishing industry. Loyal readers take time to grow and cultivate. But when you guilt your readers into buying a book in a certain way, it wont guarantee you a spot on the NYT listing. In fact it will probably harm and hinder your chances as readers talk about authors behaving badly. Readers love to support authors, but when the choice is between an author who has insulted us versus one who hasn’t… Who do you think will get our sale?

I just want to say to Ms. Carriger and other authors who are thinking of posting something similar to this. I am your consumer. It’s because of my hard earned money that you are able to continue to write your books and make a living. Telling me how I should go about and do that is just going to cause me to have negative feelings about your books in the future. So when I’m in Barnes & Noble next, looking around at what I can get, seeing your book isn’t going to inspire me to pick it up. Someone else might be willing to still pick you up, but continue to put us down like this, and you might run out of loyal followers. Then what will you do?

Dear Readers: It’s not you, it’s me is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

Why is there a double standard in romance where it seems to be OK for heroines to smack the hero about the face? I say it seems to be OK because it has happened in other numerous books. And I’m not talking about self-defence or where the heroine misunderstands the hero for an intruder.

If the hero had done that (well, he wouldn’t because a hero like that would never exist in a romance book these days) we would be crucifying him and be in an uproar.

Yet a heroine smacks the hero, and there is no outcry. It’s a huge double standard, and it makes the heroine look like she’s a hysterical woman who can’t control herself, and can’t resort any issues out without hitting the hero in the face to make her feelings show.

Sorry, it’s simply wrong.  And I for one hope that authors will stop writing these terrible scenes in their books.

Double Standards is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

The past few days a few bloggers have been blogging about a so called group of YA authors who have been nicknamed as being part of a YA Mafia club, because of their recent actions online/blog posts about how authors/bloggers should behave.

Now this YA Mafia Club has been picked up and has basically become a Meme really because I have been seeing it everywhere on twitter/blog posts and even a few forums. I was pretty confused because I don’t think this so called club exists. I have searched high and low for this online for this so called YA Mafia Club and I can’t find it. Although there has been a few authors who have blogged about things that made them look petty or took things very personally, or dictates how others should behave: be it authors or bloggers.

This in fact has led to and highlighted again what things should be said and what should not be said and who should be saying it. I am not going to lay out my two pennies worth because a lot of writers/bloggers have said this better and more eloquently than me about what should be stated online. Frankly, I am not comfortable with the fact why people, be it authors/bloggers/reviewers should lay out on who is allowed to review books and who shouldn’t and whether authors should respond or not to reviews – be it negative, positive or on opinion posts. There is even a small group of people stating that all books should be reviewed positively and not negatively – which goes against the grain of reviewing a book. This is stifling voices and opinions. I am really tired of this issue because last year we had a hoopla about how there was a small in-crowd  type  of bloggers, and that some of them were mean girls too because shock horror, they actually reviewed books honestly or highlighted issues that was important that upset a few people. And I think this is the main cause behind a lot of these issues/opinion posts. People have taken things personally and have reacted this way to stop others from posting similar views which may upset authors/reviewers.

I can understand a negative post, review on a book where the author is getting upset – especially when it is personal. I think those type of posts are the worst because again it’s the personal thing. But reading is subjective and it is personal and you can’t get away from this because art and creative mediums produce strong reactions, so it will be personal for the author, the reader and the reviewer and I doubt that this new hoopla will be the last we will see on this matter. It will be under the guise of a new genre, different authors on a new day.

This is just going to lead to more divisive feelings and more tension because the past month or so I am feeling that this feeling is being festered along with the Publishers vs  readers  about the libraries/agency pricing issues or Authors vs Readers, about negative reactions about reviews. It is not a good thing at all stifling speech and opinion is not fair at all. The US vs Them thing has no winners in any kind of discourse –  Just creates more dissension and bad feelings, this is detrimental to important issues.

But I am going to state that a few things that I think all bloggers, authors, posters and readers should be aware of and try to adopt if they want to avoid the craziness. This is a truth and universally acknowledged that if the following examples happened in a post or review, there will be a backlash or a negative reaction.

• Please don’t reply in the 3rd person when replying to a blog post/review and most certainly not as an author. It kinds of give you an air of crazy.
• Please don’t hit and run on a blog post, or write a review with a ‘Y’all mean and didn’t understand what this was about’ or ‘I hate this book and I hate you’. This is my favourite: getting your minions/friends to post any combination of: I hate you, I hate your book, and I hate your blog. And this links with the 3rd person as it goes hand in hand in the last few instances in which I have seen this happen.
• When you review a book, be honest but never get personal about the author. Don’t assume what the author had in mind, or if they had a crazy agenda when they wrote the book  – especially when you assume wrongly about their intentions due to reading comprehension fail. Some people might see that as projection for your own issues and any relevant points may come across as a personal vendetta.
• Another rule about reviewing a book is this: For the LOVE of God, when reviewing & giving stars on sites like Goodreads/Amazon/B&N etc. review the book, not the price which may be due to Agency pricing. The publisher is behind that. Email/call or write a letter complaining about it and not the author. The author does not dictate price and this rule covers the formatting, and book covers, so giving one stars to complain about something they have no control is petty and silly.
• This is part of the previous point. Always back up your points clearly and coherently and never ever EVER abuse the capslock button when making a point. Yes, we know you are angry and upset but sometimes a CAPSLOCKFESTO appears crazy and incoherent. Frankly, the only person who should use this is the HULK.
• But the most important point is this: If you are going to blog/review/write a book, expect people to be upset, crazy, having gushing moments and bookgasming over it. You can’t control peoples’ reactions and stating how people should behave and what they should write in posts or books is wrong. It is stifling opinions and voices. Although some of my previous rules  may contradict this point, it only helps to stop the crazy from spreading.

I have only been blogging for a few years and I see this issue crop up again and again and will see it again in the near future. There is no wrong or right approach to blogging because it is about your personal experience with the subject. I have seen a positive review get a negative response (most recently a rantage of epic proportion) and a negative review with a poster who argued some thought-provoking and positive points about why the book worked for her.

I think dictating on how blogging/reviewing should be done is wrong because I think other people will use this for their  own issues and can blow a relative minor issue into an epic blowout. I really hope this Mafia thing dies down – like the Mean Girls/In Crowd blogging issue from last year.

Good bloggers review and post opinions which may not please others, but then we would live in a very boring world if we agreed with the same things and liked the same things. We need dissent and differing opinions, but we can be coherent and polite, and okay, even snarky about it, and not lumping people into groups or names because this is unfair. But I know this post will probably ruffle a few feathers and I know this might get a reaction or two, or it might not. But most reviewers and bloggers are aware of this and so are authors who write. They know when they publish a book it is out in the public sphere and therefore opinions and discussions are created. I may disagree with some bloggers and authors who have blogged about this issue but it’s their right to post it. To curtail disagreement feels wrong but I do know that everyone should have a right to blog/review/post opinions – although we may face a backlash, especially if we break any of the rules I previously highlighted. But I think ultimately, most people will realise that when someone posts unfairly then they will react to that – we don’t need to be pointed out how to behave or how to respond.

One rule of the Mafia Club is to not to talk about it or should we? is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

People are stealing books and their copyrights away from authors and their publishers, and then selling to others and making a dime from it. It doesn’t cost them a thing since I suspect they probably pirated the titles from torrents or download sites. From the lack of response that iOffer currently has about this issue – which is more lax than a person who has overdosed on laxatives – And that metaphor probably reflects their attitude about the whole situation. They are slow to respond  to combat these sales and do not filter out or check that the majority of ebooks are copyrighted, and seriously, can it be that hard to create a filter or code to weed out these sales?

And I know publishers are limited to what they can do with chasing up pirates but couldn’t they pressure iOffer into cleaning this up? They would have more power collectively to get iOffer to stop listing ebooks as a product on their site because this is fast becoming a go to place to get cheap ebooks illegally. These sellers list how many copies they have sold and it’s in the hundreds or even the thousands! That is a lot of lost sales and the money is not going to the authors and publishers.

iOffer probably appeals to buyers who want to buy cheap ebooks easily and could be a statement to the current issues about ebooks and their value. But for me this is abhorrent, its like paying a burglar for the dodgy TV from the back of a lorry and this is filling up the pockets of the thieves and they are thieves, they haven’t contributed or wrote a word but are profiteering cheaply and easily and these are the real pirates due to this.

I really didn’t want to publicise this site but googling it is easy to do. But I think its coming to a point where authors can only do so much reporting this and I suspect that most authors aren’t aware of this site and what is happening. Maybe the fact that these books are on iOffer is giving these sellers some legitimacy. Buying from these sellers is illegal, as well as being morally wrong but I do hope this post helps highlight this issue because these sellers don’t have RESALE rights or hold the copyright.

iOffer states in their About us section they are -

In 2002, iOffer revolutionized eCommerce by launching a transparent, negotiable marketplace. Our mission was to disrupt the status quo—frenetic and rivalrous auction sites—by empowering real people to buy, sell and trade on their own terms.

I don’t know what this statement says about them and their sellers who sells ebooks like the example I list below. Earlier today I was pointed out to a page that was offering Larissa Ione’s Pleasure Unbound. The sale was suspended but it didn’t stop the seller in watermarking the cover like this below! Charming right?

By the way I made a screen cap of this page before it was removed, so if the morally deficient crazy seller goes ballistic, and claims I did this, you can go and suck a  bowl of hot chilli dicks!

iOffer and the Pirates. A love story with $$$ is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

Lou recently wrote a blog post about a bait and switch on a book that she thought was a YA romance which was marketed and looked like one. However, it ended unhappily with the heroine dying in the last few pages which is the biggest No No in romance. Breaking that convention for most readers definitely doesn’t make it a romance; a love story certainly, but the one thing that most people who read and love the genre is that there has to be a guaranteed Happy Ever After  - or even a Happy For Now.

Nonetheless, within the comments of that post a commentator thought that Lou shouldn’t be upset about this factor and that the emotions and story is the important thing, and a happy ending shouldn’t be a requirement because its something that is easy and predictable.

Now this got me thinking because I disagree with this sentiment and I don’t think this commentator realised or understood the appeal of why HEA is so important for romance. Anything can go with Romance; different premises such as the girl/boy next door, or set in a crazy universe with marauding alien pirates or a faraway land with star crossed lovers from opposing sides.  The journey with the characters to discover love and commitment to a relationship is what hooks me, and what makes this genre so popular to readers who love Romance. The idea of not having a happy ending or even a hopeful one with with the protagonists committing together after overcoming harsh obstacles and personal difficult experiences is an anathema to me.

So why is this attitude that having an HEA is unrealistic and is an easy way to end a story and is so prevalent to those who don’t read romance or regard it a cheap convention?

Is it because of the sneering snobbery about romance?

Why is this idea that art has to be tortured and authors/artists have to bleed on their keyboards or canvas to make their text/artwork which most of the time has to be tortured and depressing to have worth. And why does this context and approach have to be so much more valuable than a writer or artist who doesn’t bleed or have to go through an existential crisis to produce beautiful and meaningful art?

Classical literature, for example have instances of the HEA, books like Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice are the archetypes of modern romance from the brooding heroes like Mr Rochester and Mr Darcy have inspired many modern romances. Yet they are considered to have real high brow value even though they have all the conventions of a typical romance. So why can’t a Nora Roberts book is seen to be the same value? Why do so called critics who judges what should have critical value because they sneer at these conventions and the message that love can lead to a positive ending because its not ‘realistic’ to them.

What is the hell wrong with reading and enjoying a story about two people overcoming the odds and finding love and some hope after a difficult time and having a hopeful and happy ending?
We all yearn for love, and its an important theme in other forms of art, such as: music, poetry and artwork. It really makes us tick in many ways, but the fact that a HEA is sneered upon really stumps me.

And romance is not the only genre that must have a fixed ending with conventions. For example, mysteries and thrillers must end with finding/discovering the killers or the perpetrators at the end. Can you imagine the uproar if the killers/perps get away with murder, and the reader doesn’t even know who it is, let alone getting caught? I also think if books like this are written they wouldn’t be successful to their readers because there is no satisfaction or hope that everything will be okay at the end.

I actually think the idea of a tormented and tragic romance ending is actually melodramatic and overwrought most of the time, and that for me is a cheap way to target a reader’s emotions. It doesn’t give the love story more value to one that ends happily. But a tragic love story is not a romance; there is no hope and there is no reward for the reader or for the characters at the end. Would you feel good reading a romance or a love story that ends unhappily at the end?

Are we being wusses to feel like this?

I think it’s very hard to write a damn good romance and make the journey for lovers to discover and maintain that love believable. The HEA is not an easy way out but it’s a reward for the reader and for the characters. I am not saying that every love story should end happily, far from it and I have enjoyed tragic love stories in the past but I do prefer to read ones that do have a HEA. That is why I love Romance, it does make me feel better that the couple at the end do find happiness and love at the end of the story and the best ones don’t always necessarily tidies everything away with no problems. It makes the story feel real if there is still problems and issues but the satisfaction is that the couple will be committed to overcome that and stay together to face that.

At uncertain times especially, we need hope and love, and romance provides and offers that need to escape as well as giving us hope. Its interesting to note that sales of Romance have risen in the past few years and I suspect that this might be a factor. Whether a reader reads a Harlequin Presents or a dark gothic romance, the HEA and Romance has as much value as any tortured  or highly critical author’s offering and if people want the latter that is fine with me. Reading is subjective and as long as people read that means books of all different types and genres will always be around and that IS a good thing. But give me hope and love any day of the week because it makes me feel better and therefore a stronger person to face life’s challenges.

HEA HEA Why art thou Happy? is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

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These days I’m having so much trouble finding the enthusiasm to pick up my ereader and read. At first, I thought it was another reading funk, but after contemplating, I’ve realised I’m just so tired and completely frustrated at not being able to buy a digital book I want due to geographical restrictions. How many posts and discussions do there have to be before any notice is taken.

Jane over at Dear Author did a fantastic post about geographical restrictions, and then I read comments made by some authors. Some of them seem to think that readers are the ones that should be contacting publishers to let them know about our displeasure regarding geographical restrictions.

Over here at The Book Pushers, we’ve always wanted to concentrate on reviews, and we’ve never been ones to write pieces that are outspoken. But today I’m going to be brutally honest.

For any author who thinks that readers need to keep contacting publishers about geographical restrictions, get real! The publishers are not daft and they KNOW that readers are not happy. They would have to be completely blind not to have seen – and continue to see – the displeasure that readers express. Also, any author who writes as anonymous on a subject like this (yes, I’m talking about Author On Vacation at DA), any post you make I will totally disregard and dismiss. If you don’t have the guts to own up to your words, then your words are worth nothing to me as a reader.

To balance this ranty post, I also want to thank the authors who simply ‘get’ it. And you know who you . It’s authors like those that make the frustration that I feel as a reader…well, it makes you feel that your voice is being heard.

Jane has has implemented the idea that was made by a reader called Suze about setting up a website where readers can submit titles of books that are restricted to them. It’s called lostbooksales.com and I’ve already submitted a few titles. It will probably take me a whole week to list every single book I wanted to buy but was restricted. Lostbooksales is a genius idea, and even I was shocked at how many readers there are who have to deal with geo restrictions. Jane also has part two of her geographical restriction posts up.

If any author, publisher or agent takes offence at this post, well, tough shit. Thanks to geographical restrictions, I’ve stopped being the reader I once was.

And while I’m in ranty mode, can I just say enough of the piracy is bad posts. We KNOW that Piracy is bad. We KNOW that it’s wrong.

Ranty McRant Over. For now that is.

Ranty McRant Time: Geo Restriction Style is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

So, I thought I would post about my past and present experiences, and see if I’m expecting too much from services. 0_o

I begin:

Once upon a time, a very long ago, I used Amazon’s services to purchase books. At first, I was a happy customer, but slowly and surely, Amazon started to fail to meet these orders: Advertising books which were ‘supposedly’ in stock, but were not! Failure to update book information pages – which misleads customers. Sending out patronising emails, telling customers that they realise we don’t understand their complicated shipping process.

Yes, as you can imagine, I apologised profusely for expecting Amazon to send out books when they advertise the stock. We pesky customers, how dare we expect a service to cater to our needs.

So, after numerous orders cancelled from my behalf and theirs, I sent my last pesky email informing them I would not be using their services again.

Enter what I thought was a shining beacon:

**sparkles** The Book Depository **sparkles**

Oh, how excited I was to be using their service. Their prices were cheaper and they seemed to have more choices available. They were timely with their customer emails and actually sent out books on time. I was in book-land bliss. To top it off, they would send out early copies of books which hadn’t been released yet. An extra bonus. Oh, I was a happy customer. I was shouting from the rooftops how fabulous this company was.

For a good set of months, this kept up in a fantastic manner. Not so much the early copies, but a great service. Then, suddenly a month or so back, things started to change. At first, I thought it was a slip up. Hey, I’m not that much of a pesky customer that I expect every single book to be shipped out directly on release day, no. Not all services are perfect.

But, I saw something that starting to ring alarm bells inside me. They messed up two pre-release dates, informing customers it was in stock when it wasn’t!! Oh, the alarm bells rang.

So, I sent off an email asking them if they could give me a reason why the books-which they took money from- were not being sent out? And if they were not being sent out, instead of keeping me hanging on, could they send me a refund. I did not receive an email back. So, when a week had gone by, and no book had been sent out, I was going to send another email when low and behold, the book information page declared they had it in stock. **cue for wary celebration**

I was all excited. A much awaited book was going to be sent. It was a Meredith Duran book, so I think for those who have read her books can understand why I was excited.

Then horrors of all horrors, Book Depos suddenly cancelled the order and gave me a refund – this happened to another person I know of. **cries* So, I had to wait for the online ebook release date. When the date arrived, I purchased it. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

Now, the reason for this post is to ask others: Is it wrong to expect a service to do what it says?

If they advertise information which leads the customer to believe something, then shouldn’t they hold on to that promise?

Last week and the past two days, I received two emails from The Book Depos, informing me they had early copies of Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs and Blood Promise by Richelle Mead. And that they would be sending them out in the new few days.

Blood Promise has not arrived and Hunting Ground is still being processed on my order tracking page.

Last night, I sent an email politely querying if they had early copies of Hunting Ground and would they be sending out the book in the next few days. I received an email from a worker who obviously didn’t read my email since they didn’t offer an explanation. They told me that they would re-order the title or refund me the money. Wait…re-order the title? What do they mean re-order the titled? I have already ordered the title, they have taken my money. Why does it need to be re-ordered again?

My freaking rant is: If you don’t have copies of books available, don’t bloody send emails to customers telling us you have copies and will be sending them out. When you don’t send them out, it doesn’t make us happy. Update your bloody book page to the correct release date so customers are not misled. Answer the emails in which are sent to you and actually read them correctly. And mainly, when you take money for a book that hasn’t been sent yet, expect customers to be unhappy.

If this was a bookstore that I walked into physically, this would not be acceptable and it wouldn’t happen. They would not advertise false information. If the book is not there, you won’t see it on the bookshelves. Why do online stores think they are allowed to do this?

I don’t care about how complex their shipping system is. I wouldn’t be so irritated if I had to wait for the correct release date or even a few days after the release date. I wouldn’t be pissed off if they didn’t have a early copy. But, don’t inform me you have books when you don’t.

This just makes purchasing ebooks a whole lot more easier. Ignoring DRM and the geographical restriction – which BOB (books on board) have found a solution to, ebooks are so much simpler. If it’s available, you purchase and download. If it’s not available, the page informs you. They don’t send emails to customers telling us one thing, then not doing it.

I sent back an email to Book Depos, not as ranty as this post but snappish indeed. Lets hope they actually read my email and I get a satisfactory answer.

Edit: Ok, literally in the last 3 minutes I received a very nice email from a different customer service person apologising for the other customer advisor. He explained why Book Depository listed Hunting Ground out of stock. Rather than advertising it as a pre-order, they list it as out of stock while they are awaiting the deliveries. It’s so nice to have an explanation. He didn’t explain why they sent emails informing me that had the book, but it’s a step in the right direction. I sent a nice email asking if they could update the correct release dates on the information page.

Update: Ok, I’ve been sent another email but this time from the nice Customer Service Manager. He explained the situation regarding release dates on the book information pages. Basically: Book Depository uses a catalogue and they rely on a electronic data feed for the publication dates. Within this data feed, publishers send the release dates. This is to make sure that all dates are ‘accurate as possible.’ But, when a change of publication occurs they also rely on publishers to tell them, but apparently this is not always the case.

I was still not given a reason why I received emails informing me certain books being in stock, but this is the first time that I have been given a full explanation regarding the above. So, kudos to Book Depos and thank you to the manager. But, it still misleads customers who do go by the release date given on the pages, especially if they don’t know the information I was just given.

I have sent off one last email asking about the two emails I received. And then, all my queries will have been answered. So, again big kudos to Book Depos. if they do answer. This is hell of a lot more than what Amazon did.

**Update

Book Depository replied back again, and their system generates emails as soon as title become available to them. So, I’m not sure if it’s whoever ordered their pre-release first that gets early copies or if they go by location.

Again, thank you Book Depository for explaining.

Pre-release Dates: What to expect? is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

UK ebook retail sites = over priced, poor choice of genre books, and did I mention over priced?

With the US now implementing geographical restrictions, I’m getting frustrated with ebooks on the whole. I love my Sony Reader, but I’ve been buying a lot more paperbacks lately because they are not available or are inaccessible to me.

But, these sites I find to be pretty much a shining beacon:

Harlequin Ebookstore World Digital rights-no geographical restrictions
Samhain Publishing World Digital rights- no geographical restrictions
Whsmith Ebookshop Quite cheap compared to other UK sites.

And, here are some sites that offer free ebooks, legally:
Samhellion-
Baen Library
Harlequin Celebrates

UK Ebook Retailers is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter

‘Oooo, finally! This is good. More selection perhaps for us UK buyers.’

*Scrolls down for the romance section, and clicks*

*head desk*

‘Noooooooo! Why Borders, why? Why do you do a Waterstones, and not offer genre romances, and put out chick lit, and women’s fiction as romance?’

*Clicks back dejectedly to the main ebook page, and Epic fail!’

Lees Child’s Nothing to Lose priced at £17.99. WTF?

Not only is it silly, but insane. If you go to the Book Depository, you can get the same book in hardback for £12.09. Tell me, do these corporate business’ think their customers are stupid? Do they know we shop around for the cheapest price, and people who buy ebooks, are probably more than willing to pay cheaper for a hardback, and heck, even cheaper for the paperback version, which is £5.57 at the Book Depos.

I’m using Lee Child as an example. There is Karin Slaughter’s Fractured, £17.99.

On the Whsmith Ebookshop, Fractured is priced at £5.24.

Dear book goddess, don’t these bloody retail super stores actually do research before they put out their price lists. Seriously, I’m actually pinching myself to make sure I’m seeing this correctly, and it’s not my iron supplement pills that are giving me side affects.

I’ll let you folks see for yourself:
Karin Slaughter, Fractured. Borders price.
Karin Slaughter, Fractured. Whsmith ebook price.

Borders does Ebooks and Fails! is a post from: The Book Pushers | Book Reviews | Book Chatter