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Originally Posted by HarryT
You've given the reason for it yourself: John Sandford's recent book. The ebook price will fall when the paperback is released, which (in the UK at least) is scheduled for 7th May. Check the eBook price after that and see what it costs then.
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This is, of course, the point. When I say "recent", the book was in fact originally published almost a year ago (8 May 2014)! The next book in the series is due for release on 28 April. I understand and respect that you have a different view, and that we will probably never see eye to eye on this. However, I see this as attempted price gouging, plain and simple. The effect of agency pricing, both in theory and in practice, is to eliminate competition at a retail level. I regard myself as fortunate as the current market provides me with so many alternatives, unlike the market when I was growing up. If enough people feel similarly, this practice of so-called "windowing" (in this case for almost a year so far) will suffer or perhaps even be eliminated. If not, then I can and will choose not to buy the book concerned.
As I have disclosed in past posts, I am far from unbiased when it comes to large publishers. I feel Australians including myself have been treated very badly by the large publishers in the past, admittedly aided and abetted by our Governments. I admit to having little sympathy for their current plight, and in fact take some satisfaction from it.