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Originally Posted by caleb72
If you're in Australia you quite often get books prices $15 and over for Kindle. It's the latest in the "make them pay" antics of publishers such as Hachette
eg...
Omnibus of A Fire upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky costs $32.95 in Australia.
Pre-order of Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 costs $18.95
Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds costs $21.96 (apparently that's a saving)
Flashback by Dan Simmons - $14.04 (at a whopping 50% savings on the listed price)
The Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern Age by Robert Rankin - $18.67 down from $24.95
And this one from Macmillan:
Manhattan in Reverse by Peter Hamilton - $16.46
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Those appear to be primarily newly-published books, which are only out in hardback. Prices will generally fall drastically when the paperback is released. I never buy hardback-only eBooks; my reading list is so long that waiting a year and then buying it at half the price is a much more cost-effective action.