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Notjohn · 04-07-2021, 05:15 PM

I just noticed that you are based in Ireland, which presumably means the Republic. If so, what is your current experience with amazon.co.uk? Can you get a proof copy, can you get author copies, can you buy any books at all, and finally, can you buy any merchandise from the UK store?

Thanks, and thanks for your posts over the years. -- NJ

Quoth · 04-08-2021, 09:58 AM

See PM.

Yes, Amazon UK still sells almost everything to Ireland that they did sell before, stuff like seeds would be mostly blocked (should be all blocked). There are illegal sellers of seeds on Amazon UK outside of EU and UK. Mostly it's cheaper to use Amazon DE, even paying for shipping, but that ONLY applies to physical goods excluding POD. Excludes Kindle ebooks and former Createspace (which was only retail in Europe/UK, the proofs came from USA with USA shipping and time costs). Non-proof retail copies of paper books that are POD are the same as buying any other book. They are printed wherever suits Amazon, you can't choose.

Amazon/CreateSpace Proof Copies of POD paper was always from the USA. Unless the plan is ONLY to sell paper on Amazon, you are now better using https://www.24bookprint.com/en/contact/ in Europe and Lulu in USA. There is also Ingram Spark, but they charge about $45+ per title you setup before cost of proof print and shipping.
There is a good company in Germany, but despite writing nice German to them, they will only deal with German addresses. Such physical restrictions are allowed in the EU for physical goods.

Hitch · 04-09-2021, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quoth

"...but despite writing nice German to them,"

As opposed to what? Mean German?

Hitch

Quoth · 04-10-2021, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

As opposed to what? Mean German?

English.

Though if I'd actually personally written it in German it would have been terribly poor German.

Notjohn · 04-10-2021, 03:42 PM

I still remember my Gasthaus Deutsch better than anything I studied in high school or at university.

04-07-2021, 05:15 PM	#1
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,515 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	@ Quoth I just noticed that you are based in Ireland, which presumably means the Republic. If so, what is your current experience with amazon.co.uk? Can you get a proof copy, can you get author copies, can you buy any books at all, and finally, can you buy any merchandise from the UK store? Thanks, and thanks for your posts over the years. -- NJ

04-08-2021, 09:58 AM	#2
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 12,365 Karma: 92073397 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	See PM. Yes, Amazon UK still sells almost everything to Ireland that they did sell before, stuff like seeds would be mostly blocked (should be all blocked). There are illegal sellers of seeds on Amazon UK outside of EU and UK. Mostly it's cheaper to use Amazon DE, even paying for shipping, but that ONLY applies to physical goods excluding POD. Excludes Kindle ebooks and former Createspace (which was only retail in Europe/UK, the proofs came from USA with USA shipping and time costs). Non-proof retail copies of paper books that are POD are the same as buying any other book. They are printed wherever suits Amazon, you can't choose. Amazon/CreateSpace Proof Copies of POD paper was always from the USA. Unless the plan is ONLY to sell paper on Amazon, you are now better using https://www.24bookprint.com/en/contact/ in Europe and Lulu in USA. There is also Ingram Spark, but they charge about $45+ per title you setup before cost of proof print and shipping. There is a good company in Germany, but despite writing nice German to them, they will only deal with German addresses. Such physical restrictions are allowed in the EU for physical goods.

04-10-2021, 03:42 PM	#5
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,515 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	I still remember my Gasthaus Deutsch better than anything I studied in high school or at university.