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Also note that they've chopped off all revenue from Asia and Australia since the book is unobtainable there. Whether or not that is a large sum of money (I'm one of their former customers) is probably something they've already taken into account using the 1.5 book sales. Still sad to see them not offer an e-book version.


You saved me even bothering to click the link. Thank you sir.

Also... Im highly offended by their blatant disregard for the Asia Pacific Region.


Well they put a single sentence in another announcement page that said:

> We're also exploring distribution in Australia, Asia, and South America.

But considering how money seems to be the primary motivator behind not offering an e-book version, that pretty much means they will never get the print book to any of those regions (distributions to those areas will cost far more than creating the e-book due to demand risk and distributors). I've already emailed them yesterday with information on the major book outlets in Japan, but I have serious doubts I'll ever hear back. Non-English speaking regions in particular are almost guaranteed to never see this book because the distribution cost for a print book far outweighs the market demand.




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