Having a hard time finding On Basilisk Station in Polish

I think my mother would really enjoy the series. iBooks have the books starting with book 2 . But No Basilsik Station. Would anyone have an idea why they might not have #1 ? Or where else I could get it digitally or in large print?

Thanks,
Peter

Calaban9 wrote:I think my mother would really enjoy the series. iBooks have the books starting with book 2 . But No Basilsik Station. Would anyone have an idea why they might not have #1 ? Or where else I could get it digitally or in large print?

I see places where the paper version in Polish is out of stock, but I do not understand how the e-book version could ever be unavailable. Was an e-book version in Polish never created? I did not see it in the Polish section of Amazon.

PS: Welcome to the forum.

tlb wrote:I see places where the paper version in Polish is out of stock, but I do not understand how the e-book version could ever be unavailable. Was an e-book version in Polish never created? I did not see it in the Polish section of Amazon.

Are they out of bytes in their monthly bandwidth?

It can happen if the right to publish has lapsed, often because there's a new edition and the seller didn't get the rights to the e-book version. You can see this in Amazon's US site for The Culture series by Iain M. Banks, where the two middle books, Excession and Inversions are only available in hardcopy formats (paperback and mass paperback). It's worse for Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire Saga, with books 2, 4, 9, and 11 only available in hardcopy, and books 3, 5, 6, 7, and 10 missing altogether.

This is "Unacceptable Behaviour", why do they "Use Psychology" like that on us? This is "Arbitrary" and "Bad for Business". Makes readers like me "Cantakerous", wondering "What Is The Answer and Why?" Might make me give an "Inappropriate Response" and make you think I have a "Screw Loose", "But Who's Counting?"

(All are Culture ship names)

And since we're on Oct 31, "Boo!"