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Originally Posted by HarryT
But are eBooks priced higher than paperbacks? I've never seen an example of a publisher's recommended retail price for a paperback being lower than that same publisher's retail price for the equivalent eBook.
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Depending on where one is located, it's far from uncommon. It happens to me routinely. Of course, it might also be because of Amazon's $2 surcharge (+15% VAT), but it's not at all unusual for the books I've looked at that the paperback (already out) is $6.99-$9.99, not discounted but full retail price, and the ebook is $10.49-$13.79.
(I'm saying "might be because of Amazon's surcharge" because that's not applied to every single book as far as I can tell, considering I still get the odd $0.99 or $1.99 book as well.)
Random examples:
Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, Book 1) by Lois McMaster Bujold - Kindle price $10.57, paperback (full retail price) $7.99
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson - Kindle price $12.12, paperback (full retail price) $8.99
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd - Kindle price $10.49, paperback (full retail price) $7.50