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Old 09-19-2010, 09:20 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
Question. Is Penguin Canada an agency 5 publisher? (Penguin US is, but Penguin UK is not). Are the ebook copies available to you for sure from Penguin?
So, yes, we are talking Penguin Canada throughout my example. But you have a point that, perhaps, something goofy is going on with different rights for different regions. I have used this author/series because it is so well known.

What about Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love?

Amazon e-book - $8.76 Penguin
Kobo e-book - $10.49 Penguin
Sony Reader Store - $12.99 Penguin to Canadians (another reason we don't shop there)
Chapters/Indigo - $18.50 Trade paperback Penguin
Chapters/Indigo - $35.00 hard cover Viking

E-books are significantly cheaper than bricks and mortar titles -- and this is truly, madly, deeply truly true for backlist works -- and therefore e-book savings pay for the cost of the e-reader after 15 or so purchases and savings fly right into your pocket thereafter.
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