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Blue Tyson · 12-28-2011, 07:48 PM

"Harper Collins’ takes a different approach from its competitors in its quest to ripoff Aussie readers. Rather than massively overcharging Australians to prop up their foreign operations, they have gone for a more mixed, global price hike strategy. This does, of course, involve over-charging Australians. But hey, why not take a global stance by overcharging everyone. Not that this should surprise anyone given HarperCollins is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s communications empire.

The price samples below come from an Amazon advanced ebook search by entering Voyager and eliminating the odd (not relevant titles) and books that did not have both Australian and US pricing.

Here’s a summary of the publishing samples I’ve looked at so far:

Publisher AUS FOREIGN RIPOFF
HarperCollins $10.38 $9.36 111%
Hachette $13.82 $8.42 164%
MacMillan $16.42 $8.66 190%

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12-28-2011, 07:48 PM	#1
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	HarperCollins is a ripoff in any language "Harper Collins’ takes a different approach from its competitors in its quest to ripoff Aussie readers. Rather than massively overcharging Australians to prop up their foreign operations, they have gone for a more mixed, global price hike strategy. This does, of course, involve over-charging Australians. But hey, why not take a global stance by overcharging everyone. Not that this should surprise anyone given HarperCollins is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s communications empire. The price samples below come from an Amazon advanced ebook search by entering Voyager and eliminating the odd (not relevant titles) and books that did not have both Australian and US pricing. Here’s a summary of the publishing samples I’ve looked at so far: Publisher AUS FOREIGN RIPOFF HarperCollins $10.38 $9.36 111% Hachette $13.82 $8.42 164% MacMillan $16.42 $8.66 190% " http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ha...by-blue-tyson/ Last edited by Blue Tyson; 12-28-2011 at 09:20 PM.