Thread: Resources question: Australia / New Zealand
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Old 03-28-2015, 01:51 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by elaysee View Post
Thank you for the context! I thought I had seen previous comments implying that ebooks could also be pretty expensive for you guys, and I hated to ask my friend, "So is it the local book pricing market, or are you really really broke?" I'm now thinking it's more of the latter, which is a tougher nut to crack.
As a general rule, both paper books and ebooks are more expensive in Australia. I think the difference is lower for ebooks, but it isn't unusual to find an ebook here for $20 and less than $10 in the US. The bigger issue has been availability of books. Traditionally, we received books from the UK publisher. That meant different editions with different covers, use of single quotes instead of double and "corrected" spelling. This is still happening, and I frequently see books listed here in the deals section that Amazon and Kobo won't sell to me. A search on the title will usually find the version for here, but it will be full price.

I haven't looked for a while, but, I remember the prices in New Zealand tended to be a little higher than here. But, in the Kobo shop at least, the editions available can be different. Sometimes they have the US instead, and sometimes they seem to have both.
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