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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I have heard that there is not a big ebook market in India. Not many books published in the languages commonly used. Not an excuse for price gouging, but with a smaller market, there are less sellers and prices do not have to be so competetive. Backwards thinking, but what can you do except try alternatives.
Helen
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I don't know how big ebook market in India is, but Amazon is present (and charges in Rupees if you opt to pay like that), Kobo sells to India (though I don't believe they have presence here) and Google Play recently started selling ebooks for India as well (shows prices in Rupees, but charges in US$).
As for commonly used languages, I would say the most common used language in India is English. And I think that publishing industry's major target here for both pbooks and ebooks are English speaking readers. And, comparing pbook prices in India (by lets say Penguin) and ebook prices, pbooks are cheaper...Except on Google play which seems to be giving initial discount...