Thread: I wanna buy all of Steinbeck, but man the prices!
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Old 10-09-2011, 03:07 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes View Post
Yep, hard to rationalize that.

Currently my favourite example for pricing stupidity:
Ernest Hemingway: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Kindle: $18.44
Hardcover: $19.80
Paperback: $10.88

Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises
Kindle: $16.27
Hardcover: $17.16
Paperback: $10.20
I just checked the prices at kobobooks:
For Whom the Bell Tolls: 8.44 €
The Sun Also Rises: 8.56 €

Not exactly cheap but reasonable. Quite unusual to get things cheaper in Germany than in the US. (The German price even includes 19% VAT. Quite unreasonably ebooks are taxed at 19% VAT while paper books are taxed at only 7% VAT.)
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