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Originally Posted by Blue2u
You're welcome. 
I've noticed it too in the past 6 months or so. Used to be they were $3/$4 as the norm. Just like everything else, prices are going up. |
Some of that pricing is because the first in a series is free--so it's become pretty popular to put the next in series at a higher price. I've seen a few who actually price higher at kobo to account for the coupons--and that annoys me to no end. I love indies and I love to read--but don't give "fake" discounts. Price it the same everywhere and either offer a discount or don't!
Pricing is all over the map these days!
Edited to add: In fairness, sometimes Google will do a discount and Amazon will match. Since Kobo does not match, it can sometimes appear the pricing has actually been set higher. It's usually easy to tell because a "discount match" ends in an odd number like 3.82. Of course, depending on exchange rates it might not be all that easy to tell. But I have seen some books priced on Kobo 3 and 4 dollars higher and I really don't understand that when it comes from a small publisher or indie. I'm probably missing something, but I don't know what!