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HMPH.
I don't exactly get why media companies don't release things at the same time world-wide. Accounting purposes maybe? Although with instantaneous communication and file sharing these days, you'd think that releasing things at the same time would maximize the number of people wanting to buy it.
The latest Thursday Next book is out in the UK, but doesn't come out in the US until October. I suppose I could try to get the Kindle version (would that even work?), but it's actually annoying to buy things overseas - my CC company tends to freak out.
And don't get me started on the Doctor Who book I want that's been out in the UK forever but supposedly is out at the end of the month here.
And movies! Why release it at different times? Are having a bunch of different celebrity premieres really that crucial to ticket sales? And is it really that much difference if the Hobbit movie does its celeb turnout in London vs. LA vs. New Zealand? A red carpet is pretty much a red carpet anywhere. So are the photos.
The latest Thursday Next book is out in the UK, but doesn't come out in the US until October. I suppose I could try to get the Kindle version (would that even work?), but it's actually annoying to buy things overseas - my CC company tends to freak out.
And don't get me started on the Doctor Who book I want that's been out in the UK forever but supposedly is out at the end of the month here.
And movies! Why release it at different times? Are having a bunch of different celebrity premieres really that crucial to ticket sales? And is it really that much difference if the Hobbit movie does its celeb turnout in London vs. LA vs. New Zealand? A red carpet is pretty much a red carpet anywhere. So are the photos.
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Half the time it's because you want to watch something at the same time as everyone else, not three months later when you've already been spoiled for the entire movie/episode/series.
Brave doesn't come out in the UK until mid-August. It's ridiculous, there'll probably be an excellent quality copy up online before then (there was for The Princess and the Frog and Tangled, which both suffered from similar delays). Hell, Tangled was released so late in the UK that the Blu Ray came out only about 6 weeks after it started in cinemas.
I like legally acquiring things, but I have no shame in downloading stuff until it's actually possible (especially when moronic companies don't realise that we live in an international society now, thanks to the internet, so having these geographical restrictions are detrimental to their products).
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Dinos.
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Miss Havisham would never stand for this sort of s**t. S'all I'm sayin'. *g*
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I should just buy.
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Drive-by comment where loyalty makes me say, and that is why the Hobbit should premier in New Zealand.
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idk if celebs on red carpets are crucial to ticket sales, but maybe it's more of a fan service... like most fans won't be able to go to America just to see the actors on the red carpet for the Hollywood premiere, and seeing celebs in real life are important to some people like that. ^^; And also, the media and interviews the actors give that lead to publicity for the movies, but many probably won't have the budget to send a crew abroad to get interviews.
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I agree about not wanting to send people all over the world, but surely things can get done on Skype these days.
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It would definitely save a lot of money for promotions!
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Some of it's just that they're clueless control freaks, though. :-)
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