Tilted Windmill Press books are not available in Apple’s bookstore in Europe. Sorry, folks.
Under the EU’s Digital Services Act, I am a trader. Compliance with the DSA means that Apple Books requires trader display their name, address, and phone number on the product page. I have a PO box, but I am not willing to have my phone number on the Apple Books store. Yes, you can find my phone number. It’s not rocket surgery. But that’s different than putting it on a third-party bookstore page for everyone to see.
Could I set up a burner or a Google Phone dropbox? Sure. But consider that my total income from Apple Books is so minuscule that I didn’t even put it on last year’s graph. How much work am I willing to do for $200 a year? Very little.
I have…
Tilted Windmill Press books are not available in Apple’s bookstore in Europe. Sorry, folks.
Under the EU’s Digital Services Act, I am a trader. Compliance with the DSA means that Apple Books requires trader display their name, address, and phone number on the product page. I have a PO box, but I am not willing to have my phone number on the Apple Books store. Yes, you can find my phone number. It’s not rocket surgery. But that’s different than putting it on a third-party bookstore page for everyone to see.
Could I set up a burner or a Google Phone dropbox? Sure. But consider that my total income from Apple Books is so minuscule that I didn’t even put it on last year’s graph. How much work am I willing to do for $200 a year? Very little.
I have updated each book’s page to state that the books aren’t available on Apple in the EU.
Should I start doing enough business in the EU that I need to change this decision, I will. Prediction is foolish, but I’d guess that happens when I need IOSS.