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Originally Posted by Josieb1
I have eight books on my Amazon wish list. I've just checked them on Kobo. 4 aren't even on Kobo and the other four are so much dearer that I save just pennies even with 30% off coupons. I just don't understand why Kobo are so much dearer when these books have a set publisher price.
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The publishers set the price higher in Canada.
I did some research on a small publisher book I wanted--it was 2.99 (or 3.49 or some weird small price) on Amazon and 7.99 on Kobo. I wrote the author, thinking he had control. He supposedly asked his publisher to match the price on kobo and they never did (and I never bought the book).
Also, as an indie, I can set different prices for each country, whether it is on Kobo or Googleplay or Amazon. I seriously doubt that ANY publisher has less functionality that any indie. I have to watch fluctuations with currency because it can vary by quite a bit and if I have my prices set wrong, I can fall below some necessary thresholds for maintaining certain commissions. Publishers will often have sales in one or two countries only (I don't know why.)