I am unable to check out my cart at vyrso.
Is the site down?
Hi Vincent,
I just bought something so it's not down but I wonder if it's the same issue for you as I've had before - one of the books you've tried to buy can't be sold in your country. by any chance did you try to get Reformed means Missional?
https://vyrso.com/product/135882/reformed-means-missional-following-jesus-into-the-world
See also here: https://community.logos.com/forums/t/143702.aspx
For some bizarre reason it alone of the New Growth Press publications (of all those I have tried to buy) cannot be bought outside US. If you remove it from your cart, you will be able to buy the others you want.
Even if it's not that particular book, one book can block your whole cart.
Colin.
I am unable to check out my cart at vyrso. Is the site down?
Site is not down. It is as Colin has indicated in his post that the cart is failing because FL is not able to sell the resource in the country of the address attached to your account.
Apparently FL has been working on fixing this problem for many years now if you believe their error message that they are working on a fix.
This issue of copyright restriction is why I have to buy a lot of books on Kindle Direct. I have never had a copyright restriction issue with Amazon Kindle Direct.
Now my question is: If Amazon can get copyright restrictions lifted on books, why can't Faithlife do it? And if they could, why don't they do it???
Now my question is: If Amazon can get copyright restrictions lifted on books, why can't Faithlife do
They can't. Amazon is subject to those copyrights just as Faithlife is.
In fact, Amazon will force people to buy eBooks only in the shop associated with their country of residence (I personally can have an account and buy physical books from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca or Amazon.com, but eBooks only from the German Amazon.de - and it's possible to switch the "home" shop by providing proof of relocation only. Been there, tried that).
There are eBooks sold by Amazon in Canada (such as the near-free anthology of CS Lewis' works which fell into the PD as per Canadian copyright law) which are not sold elsewhere etc. pp.
Kindle Direct. I'm not sure why you bring in Kindle Direct - as per my understanding this is the self-publishing arm of Amazon for eBooks and I would expect that to work with global licences. The issue we typically have would mostly be with (original paper) books where the publisher for whatever reason only was able or willing to secure a regional licence and thus enforces this restriction to Faithlife as well.
