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abebooks (part of amazon) sells a lot of international editions. https://www.abebooks.com/books/Textbooks/international-editions-faqs.shtml https://www.abebooks
by rb808 8y ago
abebooks (part of amazon) sells a lot of international editions. https://www.abebooks.com/books/Textbooks/international-editions-faqs.shtml https://www.abebooks.com/books/Textbooks/international-editi...
It makes sense to sell the same book at lower prices in parts of the world where the regular price is unaffordable. Importing those books back to the US is not what publishers want, but I think isn't illegal.
- ghaff 8y agoYes. It's typically legal as decided by the US Supreme Court in 2013 Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons. (6-3 decision with a rather atypical split.) Added: Basically the decision affirmed that first sale doctrine applied.
- mojomark 8y agoWow, that is useful information! Ne'er again will I buy a text without reading the fine print. Lesson learned.
- ghaff 8y agoAnd I've bought an Indian version of a textbook for about 20% of the price of the "regular" edition that was perfectly adequate for my needs. So, if you're implying that Amazon shouldn't sell these, I don't agree. They're legal and they're good enough for a lot of people. (As I recall, in my case, it was obviously not the US version.)