Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Why can't the Tent of Miracles by Jorge Amado be sold in the British Commonwealth?

On multiple sites selling this book, including Amazon, Google Books, Barnes and Noble and even Target.com, there is the phrase, "The Wisconsin edition is not for sale in the British Commonwealth (excluding Canada), the Republic of Ireland, or South Africa." I presume it can't be for shipping reasons if it's on multiple sites, so what is it about the Wisconsin edition that is so forbidden in these places?

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