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Originally Posted by tompe
But that only matters for UK. Why is this a problem for Sony in countries were English is not the main language? What is the problem for Sony to sell English language books to Sweden or Italy and so on?
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It doesn't only matter in the UK. Most US publishers buy first North American rights only. That means that Sony cannot set up a "storefront" in either Sweden or Italy and sell those books. They do not have the rights to do so. Individual bookstores in those countries may buy books from the US for resale, but the publishers of those books do not sell to distributors that cover those territories.