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FJames · 08-17-2011, 11:20 AM

The pricing discrepancy is not limited to ebooks. I just bought a current book at Chapters (in Canada) which was priced at C$23.99 with a stick-on label from the publisher, and underneath showed $17.99 as the U.S. price. With the exchange rate it should be about C$17, so somebody is applying a markup of 40% on top of the suggested U.S. retail price of the book - and I recall that Borders would routinely discount that suggested retail price by 30% in the U.S.. I can't tell book publishers how to run their business, but I have to ask: Do they really think they're going to be able to keep gouging customers that way as the market converts to ebooks? Have they learned nothing from the music publishing industry?

08-17-2011, 11:20 AM	#21
FJames Addict Posts: 320 Karma: 320941 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Touch & Aura	The pricing discrepancy is not limited to ebooks. I just bought a current book at Chapters (in Canada) which was priced at C$23.99 with a stick-on label from the publisher, and underneath showed $17.99 as the U.S. price. With the exchange rate it should be about C$17, so somebody is applying a markup of 40% on top of the suggested U.S. retail price of the book - and I recall that Borders would routinely discount that suggested retail price by 30% in the U.S.. I can't tell book publishers how to run their business, but I have to ask: Do they really think they're going to be able to keep gouging customers that way as the market converts to ebooks? Have they learned nothing from the music publishing industry? Last edited by FJames; 08-17-2011 at 11:23 AM.