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Originally Posted by malliemcg
"Popular" random price difference
US 9.99 AU 10.12 Dan Brown - Lost Symbol (+13cents)
US 9.99 AU 10.46 Stieg Larsson - The Girl who kicked the hornets nest (+47cents)
US 7.99 AU 10.46 Stieg Larsson - The girl who played with fire (+$2.47)
US 7.14 AU 9.15 Stieg Larsson - The girl with the dragon tattoo (+$2.01)
US 9.99 AU 9.88 Wilbur Smith - Assegai (-11cents)
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As others have mentioned, it's to do with different rights-holders charging different amounts in different parts of the world.
For example, Lost Symbol is published by Doubleday in the US and by Transworld Digital in Australia.
I'm guessing if you do the legwork you'll find the same thing in every case where the difference isn't exactly $2.
One extreme example I came across recently was when I was looking at the latest Janet Evanovich novel for my wife. It was $13 for the US & $23 for Australia. It's since come down to $16 for Australia, but we're going to wait a little longer I think :-)