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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
Looking at today's Kindle Deal of the Day for mysteries I've taken an interest in:
Pieter Aspe
The Square of Revenge
This book is listed as USD 1.99 by Luzme in the following US stores:
Sony
Amazon
Apple
Google 8.54
B&N 9.99
Kobo 10.09
Yep - Kobo's the dearest yet again.
The discount advantage that Kobo's brought in really is just a smoke screen to introduce higher pricing generally, eh!
I watch this sort of price racketeering going on for products like cat food tins etc at my local supermarkets, it's not just a feature of the ebook world. But what has interested me is that it's really taken my attention this time with Kobo.
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I actually find this to be the rarity. Being outside the USA, Amazon tacks on a US$2 surcharge for every e-book, so I pay $2 more than I would from within the USA (has nothing to do with where I list my address--I actually have a US-based Amazon account; it's based on the IP address of where my computer is located). So I don't even bother looking at Amazon. B&N doesn't sell outside the USA, period. And f### Apple in every way imaginable. So I'm left with Sony and Kobo. All the other e-book sites like fictionwise are routinely priced so ridiculously high I'm surprised anyone buys a single thing from them. Between Sony and Kobo, Kobo is almost always cheaper, and Sony rarely has useful coupons.
So, hooray for Kobo!