I am an avid reader. I borrow books from the library, spend my birthday money at Borders and rack up embarassing sums on my credit card from buying eBooks (at about $4.99 US each). It makes me incredibly sad, therefore, that all these awesome eBook readers are religiously excluding little old New Zealand. How many thousands of dollars could I spend through the nook or the kindle if only they didn't go 'What, New Zealand? Sorry, no. You live outside the US and therefore must pay the price for your crimes... ... ... ??"
Even the iPhone / iPad bookstore library thingy doesn't want to know us. I know its all a legal copyright protection thing, but doesn't this make the problem worse. I mean if people can't get what they want through legal channels, won't it increase the rates of piracy?
As for me, I am off to put my name on the public library's waiting list... let's hope there's a copy of 'the Adoration of Jenna Fox' available before NCEA exams so that I can tutor my student properly.
Don't suppose you could borrow her copy and read it really fast?
ReplyDeleteThat would be brilliant, except he doesn't have a copy - he had to give it back or something. I ended up buying one from whitcoulls lol. It's okay though. I am sure it will be a good book to have on my shelf. It sounds like a fascinating story.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it interesting how I automatically assumed your student was female? Possibly because the book had a 'Jenna Fox' in the title...
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