So walking past the local Australian book shop today and noted that the new Andy McDermott book - Empire of Gold was out.
Straight back to the PC to see if it's available from an Australian Publisher for ereaders......nope..nothing, only paper copies . Borders Australia the folio paperback version is $19.99AU and similar pricing at other Australian sites but NO electronic version.
Hokay, what about Borders US. Listing for the 27 September , $9.99US ( about the same in Aus $$
) and only paper version.
Amazon UK - available in paperback and hardcover ( approx $10.42 and $23.00 au ) AND FINALLY.......Kindle version $17.99AU.
Amazon Australia - Mass Paper back due 27 Sept $ 9.99 US, Kindle version available....price $14.98US. Hokay it's not cheaper than the US paperback but it's cheaper than the Aus paperback version......and it's electronic format.
Then have alook at the US site .... nope not available till 27 september in paperback or Kindle but when the Kindle version's available it'll be $7.99
WTF !!!!
So for once us Aussies ( and Brits I suppose ) get a bonus from Amazon but pay a hefty price for the bonus.
What the heck are publishers trying to do to us ??? Why not do worldwide releases at "standard" worldwide prices ??
Perhaps I'm at a disadvantage knowing about geographical restrictions etc and spending so much time looking at all the different countries, but any "ordinary Joe" Aussie Ebooker besides a Kindler wouldn't be able to find an electronic version for their reader ( epub ) either locally or internationally.
It shouldn't be that hard to find a book and expect to pay some sort of parity world wide.....
/END RANT
Now to read the book
