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Originally Posted by taming
Most interesting (to me at least) is that publishers have decided to price books so differently from country to country. I would guess that they don't lose money any place (though Kobo may when they discount). IMO, this probably speaks to Kobo wanting to show sales figures outside of North America and publishers gouging people in places like Canada.
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The ebooks are priced in relationship to the physical book prices in the country of sale.
This is why ebooks purchased in Australia are more expensive than the same book purchased in the US.
India has a much lower base physical book price, so the ebook prices are lower.
In my investigations, I've found that India, Japan, and the Philipines tend to be the cheapest sites, when factored in Australian dollars. Norfolk Island, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore tend to be the next cheapest (and all at the same price, mostly).
What is weird is that among the sites with the same books available, some books are not available.