Hello all, This is my first post tot his mailinglist, but today i just want to share a story about the new book A Crown Imperiled.
First, let me say im from Holland. Having said that, i would lake to note that i read all books in English. I dont like Translations from Englis as lots of language specific things go lost in the translation. As many of you, i was looking Forward to the next book from Raymond. Today the book is out in the UK, for the kindle device. As i said, i read all books in English so i log into the Amazon Site to buy and download the book. This is where things go wrong. We are living in 2012. Far far into the digital age. Everything can be bought over the Internet, and world wide releases are as easy as clicking on a link. NOT for his book though. Someone, wether it be Raymond, the publisher or whoever else decided that since i am not from the UK, i am not allowed to buy this book right now. I have to wait....And wait..And wait some more. I would like you all to know, that i now downloaded the book from a torrent file. Go look it up on the internet, its already available. Will i buy the book when it gets realeased..Ofcourse, i want them all in hardcover too. Will i wait..Ofcourse not. We live in A digital age, and it shouldnt be prohibited for me to read that book. Releasing a book like this is like feeding the illegal downloads. Whoever decided that this is the way to release a digital book is keeping the illegal downloading alive. I just dont understand why companies or people dont understand this. So, there you have it. Right now im happily reading an illegal obtained copy for A Crown Imperiled. And the sole reason is That Raymond or HarperCollins or whoever else isnt allowing me to read it at the release date cause i am from another country. Thats like throwing us back into the middle ages. If companies want to stop the illegal downloading, i suggest they keep up with the time we live in today, and go for world wide releases. Regards, Martijn Bouman
