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K. Molen · 03-07-2012, 11:55 AM

I was doing some comparison shopping between Google Play and Amazon and noticed several instances where Google was cheaper than Amazon on books where Amazon had their "This price was set by the publisher" disclaimer.

These examples are all books by Nick Hornby:

High Fidelity: $13.99 at Google vs. $16.07 at Amazon
Juliet Naked: $13.99 at Google vs. $16.20 at Amazon
A Long Way Down: $12.99 at Google vs. $15.04 at Amazon
How To Be Good: $13.99 at Google vs. $16.20 at Amazon

If the publisher is setting those prices at Amazon, why not at Google?

edit: Hmm... I just noticed that the pricing at Google Play is in Canadian dollars, whereas the Amazon pricing obviously is in US dollars. Amazon.ca doesn't have a Kindle store.

I wonder if perhaps it's only in the states that book sellers have to obey agency pricing, giving Google the opportunity to undercut Amazon in Canada and other places that don't have a local Amazon Kindle store.

Could someone in the states post what pricing they see for those Hornby books at Google Play?

03-07-2012, 11:55 AM	#1
K. Molen Addict Posts: 284 Karma: 4478866 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Device: Kindle 3, iPad 3, Nexus 10, Nexus 5	Is Google ignoring agency pricing? I was doing some comparison shopping between Google Play and Amazon and noticed several instances where Google was cheaper than Amazon on books where Amazon had their "This price was set by the publisher" disclaimer. These examples are all books by Nick Hornby: High Fidelity: $13.99 at Google vs. $16.07 at Amazon Juliet Naked: $13.99 at Google vs. $16.20 at Amazon A Long Way Down: $12.99 at Google vs. $15.04 at Amazon How To Be Good: $13.99 at Google vs. $16.20 at Amazon If the publisher is setting those prices at Amazon, why not at Google? edit: Hmm... I just noticed that the pricing at Google Play is in Canadian dollars, whereas the Amazon pricing obviously is in US dollars. Amazon.ca doesn't have a Kindle store. I wonder if perhaps it's only in the states that book sellers have to obey agency pricing, giving Google the opportunity to undercut Amazon in Canada and other places that don't have a local Amazon Kindle store. Could someone in the states post what pricing they see for those Hornby books at Google Play? Last edited by K. Molen; 03-07-2012 at 12:01 PM.