Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase:
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 6.99 GBP – British Pound
Country of Lost Sale: United Kingdom
What you did instead: Surfed the web

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Blood Challenge (World of the Lupi 07) by Eileen Wilks

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase:
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.65 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Spain
What you did instead: Borrowed a book from the library

Comments: Apart from not being available in Spain, it has been released digitally in Amazon and B&N, but not in others bookstores, even NorthAmerican bookstores, ugh!

Agent: Unknown

No Place To Run by Maya Banks

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: ebooks.com (restricted), Books on Board (restricted), Kobo (unavailable for NZ buyers)
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 6.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Other I’ve requested the book from my local library and won’t bother purchasing it when/if it does eventually become available for me to purchase as an eBook.

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: ebooks.com (restricted), Books on Board (restricted), Kobo (unavailable for NZ buyers)
Reason for Lost Sale: Other Not available digitally in region and overpriced
Price of Lost Sale: 17.00 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Other Borrowed the paperback from my mother

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

The God Of The Hive by Laurie King

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 14 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Veiled Detective by David Stuart Davies

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 9.95 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Titan Books (I think they are related to Random House) has been reprinting scads of wonderful old Sherlock Holmes pastiches – and so far I have found only *one* of them available in Kindle format (which I promptly purchased).

Agent: Unknown

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Scroll of the Dead by David Stuart Davies

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 9.95 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Titan Books (I think they are related to Random House) has been reprinting scads of wonderful old Sherlock Holmes pastiches – and so far I have found only *one* of them available in Kindle format (which I promptly purchased).

Agent: Unknown

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Seventh Bullet by Daniel D. Victor

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 9.95 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Titan Books (I think they are related to Random House) has been reprinted scads of wonderful old Sherlock Holmes pastiches – and so far I have found only *one* of them available in Kindle format (which I promptly purchased).

Agent: Unknown

The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: The entire series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child was available in ebook form in Canada until April 1, 2010 !

Agent: Unknown

Thunderhead by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: The entire series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child was available in ebook form in Canada until April 1, 2010 !

Agent: Unknown

Riptide by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: The entire series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child was available in ebook form in Canada until April 1, 2010 !

Agent: Unknown

Fever Dream by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: The entire Agent Prendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child was available in ebook form in Canada until April 1, 2010 !

Agent: Unknown

Cemetary Dance by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: The entire Agent Prendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child was available in ebook form in Canada until April 1, 2010 !

Agent: Unknown

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Admin update: The book is available for free in a PDF download at the author’s site. Even though it was a lost sale, the book can be obtained, legally, anywhere in the world. Thanks Damien.

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase:
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 7.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Norway
What you did instead: Other Pirated the book and sent the author a paypal donation, bypassing the publisher entirely

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: The entire Agent Prendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child was available in ebook form in Canada until April 1, 2010 !

Agent: Unknown

Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: The entire Agent Prendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child was available in ebook form in Canada until April 1, 2010 !

Agent: Unknown

Dance of Death by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: The entire Agent Prendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child was available in ebook form in Canada until April 1, 2010 !

Agent: Unknown

Brimstone by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston Lincold Child

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 9.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Only available in hardcover
Price of Lost Sale: 25.00 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Participated in social media like Twitter or Facebook

Comments: I would have paid up to $15.00 to have this as a digital book to read on my phone instead of toting around a hardcover. Now who knows if I’ll remember to check to see if/when it comes out in other formats.

Agent: Unknown

Lady of Light and Shadows by C. L. Wilson

Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 6.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Read fan fiction or a different book

Comments: I managed to purchase Lord of the Fading Lands, King of Sword and Sky and Queen of Song and Souls in eBook prior to the geographical restriction changes but Lady of Light and Shadows was unavailable at the time. I borrowed this book from my local library and probably won’t purchase the eBook when/if it eventually becomes available for me to purchase.

The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks

Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 6.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Went looking for new-to-me authors at Samhain Publishing etc

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010 Edition (Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy) by Rich Horton by Rich Horton

Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally
Price of Lost Sale: 13.57 USD – US Dollar
Publisher of Lost Sale: Hachette Prime
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Surfed the web

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