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Originally Posted by GeoffR
Some books are discountable in some countries and not in others, for someone who waits until there are discount codes available before buying any books this can make a big difference.
To give an example, Tor books are discountable in NZ but Orion books are not. Some books are available here in both Tor and Orion editions, with the Orion edition selling at $16.99 and not discountable, but the Tor edition of the same book selling at $7.99 and discountable. So when there are 30% disount codes available the Tor edition will cost $5.59, less than one third the price of the Orion edition.
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I agree but there are discount codes for both countries which I think would likely even out over many titles. In addition, it is usually, up to the buyer to enter the coupon code. Some buyers will not necessarily know that the coupons are available. In addition, the price shown on the website, without having entered a coupon code, is before any additional discount and it is going to be that price that influences many eventual purchase. Therefore, my analysis didn't consider coupon discounts.
One thing that I did to try and even out individual differences was to do a large sample. Okay, 32 books isn't a very large sample but it is a start. I'm guessing that the difference I have already identified wont change much as the sample gets larger. If I only compared a single book, I think I could come up with an example in each country which was similarly more expensive or cheaper; hence the need to do a larger sample and look at the overall difference.