In Canada there is a common thing called exclusive supplier rights. It wasn't fair to center out book sellers as almost every product imported and sold in Canad

In Canada there is a common thing called exclusive supplier rights. It wasn't fair to center out book sellers as almost every product imported and sold in Canada is under the same scheme, the idea behind it is because it is a smaller market the suppliers need protections against price wars to remain profitable and ensure supply. You can consider it kind of a "Supply management" scheme, not as strong as the one covering Canadian dairy farmers but alobg the same lines. For books they managed to apply copyright legislation to it which is a bit different. The good news is in the USA there are competition laws that make it illegal for a seller to NOT sell You or your friend those books within the USA and You CAN import them into Canada without fear of seizure if they are for personal use. https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/020.nsf/eng/00621.html https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/020.nsf/eng/00621.html >>> It should be noted that these regulations do not apply to any of the following: >>> individual consumers, who are free to “import” books from a foreign bookseller, such as Amazon.com, at any time;