If I may, I'll add this further reply regarding my earlier post, and this may make things a little clearer for all.
I'm not bitching about any monetary loss. Whatever contractual arrangement was made between myself and Ian Allan is a private matter, and mutually agreeable between both parties. It does not form part of the issue.
Book sales are the lifeblood of the PUBLISHER. Without them, the Publisher makes no profit, and ergo, eventually goes out of business. What then happens is that the ordinary Joe in the street, the book-buying and book-reading public, no longer get what they are seeking. That is, books on their chosen subject.
What that site is potentially doing, is taking away sales from the Publisher, and possibly putting that Publisher out of business at some future date.
I have no problems with my books getting to as wide an audience as possible, but I think those who have read/posted since my last post perhaps need to see the bigger picture.
I hope the foregoing makes things a lot clearer.
As far as the subject matter goes, I pop in here on a regular basis, so if there's any questions you want to put to me, please do, and I'll do my best to answer them.
John Vasco