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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
On the cost difference front, Amazon have very recently introduced their UK store, which significantly reduced the price of many ebooks purchased from the UK, and as per this thread, that has started something of a price war. So, there are many books with a small difference right now, but historically, and I would expect over the long term, Amazon has been significantly cheaper.
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Amazon seem to have a deliberate policy on their UK store of having the eBook cheaper than the cheapest paperback edition, even if only by a couple of pence. This is VERY welcome, especially compared to Waterstones, whose prices are often eye-watering.
Eg, to pick an example at random, Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express":
Waterstones eBook: £6.43
Cheapest Amazon paperback: £4.49
Kindle book: £2.20
That one's actually unusually cheap. A more realistic example is Colin Dexter's "Last Bus to Woodstock" (the first "Inspector Morse" novel):
Waterstones eBook: £6.37
Cheapest Amazon paperback:£4.49
Kindle book: $3.48