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Yes, there are geographic restrictions. The author or publisher can decide which countries they sell too.
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OK, I see now. But it is not a technical restriction but it is rather because of the publisher's policy.
And just a question: Can the Amazon itself decide it too?
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It is perfectly legal to charge different prices in different locations.
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Of course it is, but it is not ethical. Though as I said there is a workaround here.
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Where I live canned vegetables run about 67 cents. If I go about 300 miles/482 km then the price goes up to about $1 a can. This is in the same state.
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But that is not a good example because of the regional differences between wages, salaries, local government regulations, price control of supermarkets etc..
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The main reasons I can think of are ...
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Well, I think your b) version is most likely cause of this problem.
AnemicOak: I understand your reasoning. It's clear now.
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Cheaper for the US isn't always the case either.
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Yes, I know. I just experienced it quite often.
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Some markets have additional taxes added to ebooks that retailers like Amazon are required to collect on the governments behalf.
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OK, it makes sense and helps me to explain a bit Cinisajoy's canned vegetables example.
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many (all?) markets in the EU have 20% or so VAT added to ebook prices
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_in_EU#VAT_rates
Ours is 27% for ebooks and 5% for paperbooks.
I have no objections, here it is:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019WRMF7M...=2XT07AHE6RH5T