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Originally Posted by kiwipippa
A Dance with Dragons is $20.69 NZD at kobobooks.com which is about $16.49 Canadian Dollars.
Seems so unfair. At Amazon.com I can buy it for $9.99 USD (for NZ customers) which is about $9.80 canadian dollars or $12 NZ dollars.
Something is not right with kobo's pricing. I haven't bought from them for ages because of the difference. I have told them - twice - but the answer wasn't really satisfactory.
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Interesting. You sure you were logged in to Amazon/Kindle Store when you saw that pricing? I get that price if I'm not logged in/seeing US pricing, but as soon as I log on I see $16.60 here in AU. For comparison the book is currently $15.99 in the Kobobookstore.
I find this discussion interesting, particularly some of cutterjohn42's remarks are rather curious. The simple truth is publishers can do whatever they like, and we the market can choose to purchase or not. People seem to get so wrapped up in what they feel things 'should' cost etc, with all these odd statements in which they draw these lines in the sand - I won’t pay more than 'x' for an ebook etc. It's all rather tripe.
Where I do agree that there is an ssue is the old world concept of regional pricing. In a globalised/internet connected world it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me, or many others, but for better or worse to date the companies appear set on continuing this agenda.
@TalonNYC - I agree, this was part of the reason I also got a Kobo - choice in source of ebooks.