10-26-2010, 02:34 AM | #1 |
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Amazon no longer charges an extra $2
Fantastic news... A book advertised as $1.99 is still $1.99 now, instead of 3.99... $2 extra per book can add up to a huge amount of money for someone who buy a lot of them.
I know this was applied to Canada some time ago, and I know this one applies to Australia and New Zealand... Japan, however, still has to pay the $2 surcharge. |
10-26-2010, 06:10 AM | #2 |
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Odd you should mention that, Lene. I've just checked the Kindle Store where my own house has 78 titles and counting.
Our recommended ebook price is $5.95. But pulling up the Kindle Store from Europe (other than in the UK where you are) shows our $5.95 RRP but sells at the Kindle Price of $9.14 (incl VAT and Amazon's own Whispernet charge for download). I just did my sums and, even in those countries charging a full 20% VAT, that would come to $1.19 ... leaving a full $2 charge per title for download still entirely in place. Publisher returns, of course, are still based on our own RRP, so Amazon takes its commission on a sale, plus $2.00 download, plus the odd cents balance on countries where VAT is less than 20%. Considering the huge multi-million dollars claim against the company for back tax in Texas, I can't help wondering what machinery is in place for Amazon to actually pay that VAT to all countries that charge it outside the US. Cheers. Neil |
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10-26-2010, 08:47 AM | #3 |
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Still there for me as well.
"Ohh, nice, a book for $0,95!" (on the front-page) And then when I click it: $3,39.... |
10-26-2010, 08:54 AM | #4 |
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It definitely isn't consistent, neil, I think. And maybe takes time to replicate over various products and servers.
They have Angry Robot books priced wrong too for us. |
10-26-2010, 08:21 PM | #5 |
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Great news.
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10-27-2010, 05:34 AM | #6 |
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***It definitely isn't consistent***
Worse than that, Blue: We're now technically in breach of Amazon's own contract by offering a book for sale that's cheaper in one place than another. Daft, eh? And how is that $2.00 loading justified? Cheers. Neil |
10-27-2010, 05:54 AM | #7 |
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10-27-2010, 06:05 AM | #8 |
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***and ... people are obviously willing enough to pay.***
Or to feel justified in cheating the system by jumping through hoops and/or with a white lie about where in the world they are, Kacir. Price loading of ebooks, geographical restrictions and DRM all encourage otherwise honest folks to become minor crooks. It's a shameful state of affairs. Very best. Neil |
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10-27-2010, 10:53 AM | #10 |
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Plus speaking of crooks, Amazon has to deal with telcos for the Whispernet thing - and they like overcharging like Australian publishers do...
Usurious might be a word used there.. |
10-27-2010, 11:35 AM | #11 |
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I would assume that Amazon was able to successfully negotiate new deals with wireless carriers in some countries, while other carriers are sticking to whatever the previous deal was.
Not really a big deal, just a good break for some people. Quote:
Oh, and in case you missed it, abolishing geo restrictions would basically require trampling over tens of thousands of existing contracts between publishers and authors -- hardly a precedent I expect anyone here would want to set. Plus, you'd have to get every nation and municipality to do a 180º turn from harmonizing sales taxes to "location of the buyer" towards "location of the seller," and that is not going to happen. |
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10-27-2010, 04:05 PM | #13 |
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With all due respects, Kali, you've not been reading what's been said on the subject of geographical restrictions carefully. I've been talking about store-imposed and not publisher-imposed georestrictions. Stores are closing the doors on whole nations of would-be buyers of ebooks by publishers holding international rights to save themselves the trouble of sorting out international rights titles from those by publishers with country-specific contracts in place with authors and agents. Very best. Neil
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10-27-2010, 07:05 PM | #14 |
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To subsidise the people reading the goatse articles on Wikipedia on theirs, presumably. And to pay telcos that charge for 'international' bandwidth like it was gold.
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