La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon, Kobo
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 13.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Brazil
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I prefer to read books in the original language, so I wanted to buy this book in the original Spanish version (even though I don’t know Spanish that well, it would be a way of practicing it). But the original is not available in Brazil; the only options were translations into English and Portuguese.

Agent: Unknown

Several titles (about 5 I would like to purchase) by Wilbur Smith

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: for all books about $50 – $80 AUD
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 15.00 AUD – Australian Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Territorial restrictions are very annoying and frustrating. I can buy all the title in printed form but I cannot carry around printed book like I can digital on my smartphone. I like to have the book I am currently reading in my pocket all the time – and my phone is always with me.

I had read close to 200 eBooks until I found I could no longer purchase eBooks in Australia from Fictionwise.com and stopped reading altogether for about 3 years. That represents a loss of over $400.00 aud that I would have spent on eBooks over that time – not to mention the loss pleasure and learning I get from reading over this time.

I can now buy a reasonable range of eBooks again and I am again reading books. I am still frustrated by not being able to purchase books by some of my favorite writers i.e Wilbur Smith (and others).

I will not purchase books printed on paper as they are inconvenient to carry, paper usage is harmful to the environment, reflections off white pages is tiring on my eyes and cant be read in poor light (or in the dark).

Agent: Unknown Books on Board

Tierra Dorada by Barbara Wood

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase:
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 6 EUR – Euro
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Flashfire by Richard Stark

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Kobo
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 17.29 NZD – New Zealand Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Borrowed a book from the library

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Cold Days by Jim Butcher

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: audible.com
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 34.96 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Seven Nights in a Rogue’s Bed by Anna Campbell

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 5.99 EUR – Euro
Country of Lost Sale: Italy
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M Liu

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase:
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 7.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Other looked for a book from a different author

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

The Handmaid’s Tale (read by Claire Danes) by Margaret Atwood

Preferred format: Audiobook
Attempted place of purchase: Audible
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 18.10 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Audiobook isn’t available to Australians.

Agent: Unknown

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon UK
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 4.99 GBP – British Pound
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Other Have not yet determined what to do.

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

A Study in Seduction by Nina Rowan

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 5.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Italy
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

How Should A Person Be by Sheila Heti

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon, Apple Store
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 11.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: Could order the paperback copy, but with added shipping costs and time I don’t know why I’d bother, particularly on a whim of wanting to read the book. Would have bought an ebook with no second thoughts, but to go through all the extra steps of ordering a shipped hard copy it needs to be an author I can’t live without, or perhaps a reference book because I still like pages on those…

On to the next book on the list. A pity, as I really wanted to read it.

Agent: Unknown

Royal Assassin: The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2 by Robin Hobb

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Audible.com
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 26.94 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Locked and Loaded by Alexis Grant

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: New Zealand
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I’m sick of not being able to purchase digital books due to region restrictions. Also if I order a paperback copy I have to wait about two or three weeks, sometimes I have been kept waiting up to four weeks.

Agent: Unknown

The Witness by Nora Roberts

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 14.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Read fan fiction or a different book

Comments: With not even a 2 dollar price difference, I couldn’t see the justification in buying the digital version instead of the hardcopy. After searching for other books and finding the same situation, I decided to boycott Penguin Publishing therefore I didn’t buy the book.

Agent: Unknown

1001 Best Slow Cooker Receipes by Linda R. ,Sue Yoakam, Spitler

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase:
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 0.00 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

The Witness by Nora Robers

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 21.34 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Other After reading of this website in other comments came here to post this

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Audible
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 19.93 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Other Downloaded the book on Kindle

Comments: My son has sepcial needs. I really wanted to purchase this book from Audible in an audiobook format. Unable to purchase from Audible due to publishing restrictions – so frustrating. Can buy in CD format but digital format much easier to navigate.

Agent: Unknown

On Thin Ice by Anne Stuart

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Other not interested in buying from Amazon
Price of Lost Sale: 6.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: New Zealand
What you did instead: Other looked for a book from a different author

Comments:

Agent: Unknown

Consent of the Networked by Rebecca MacKinnon

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon USA
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 14.84 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Pirated a copy

Comments: The book was only available on the Amazon.com website for US credit card customers, and only in Kindle format. I don’t live in the US and I have a Sony e-reader. This book was promoted for a book club on the internet and could have achieved reasonable global sales among followers. It only took me 30 seconds to find a pirated copy of reasonable quality.

Agent: Unknown

City of Thieves by Ian Livingstone

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase:
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available digitally in region
Price of Lost Sale: 1.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United Kingdom
What you did instead: Other Didn’t buy anything!

Comments: Amazon seem to be very shortsighted about this. This interactive ebook is produced by a British company, written by a British author – yet it cannot be bought in Britain! Why?

Agent: Unknown

Her Husband’s Harlot by Grace Callaway

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: amazon & BN
Reason for Lost Sale: Not available in preferred digital format
Price of Lost Sale: 3.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Canada
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I would have loved to buy this book but unfortunately, the book is not available in ePub outside of the USA so I found another book to buy. It’s a shame really because this author is self-published and I heard good things about her on DearAuthor.

Agent: Unknown n/a

Around the World With LBJ by James Cross

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 14.55 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: I don’t care how great a book is, nothing is worth $14.55 on Kindle…

Agent: Unknown

The Duke is MIne by Eloisa James

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon/Kobo
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 12.48 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: Australia
What you did instead: Borrowed a book from the library

Comments: $6.99 for US buyers – $12.48 for Australians.
Another author who has lost a sale because of inflated prices in our region.

Agent: Unknown

Now You See Her by David Baldacci

Preferred format: Digital
Attempted place of purchase: Amazon E books
Reason for Lost Sale: Price
Price of Lost Sale: 14.99 USD – US Dollar
Country of Lost Sale: United States
What you did instead: Bought a different book

Comments: This is already out in paperback and yet the price still remains at 14.99 on Amazon

Agent: Unknown