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Originally Posted by ekbell
Amazon.com normally gives you the US$ equivalent of what the book costs in your area not what it costs in the USA. So, for example, an Open Media book on sale in the USA will generally still show regular price when I check it from Canada at amazon.com  Or I can go to amazon.com and see a number of free Patricia Wentworth books which I'm reliably informed are not free in the US (not completely surprising, given that she's PD in Canada and not in the US). |
Not the reason but rather different publishers in UK+ Canada (both Dean Street Press and Hodder & Stoughton) and US (Open Road Media Mystery). The split may date back to the days when the author might sell UK+Canada or UK only rights and US+Canada rights.
And still copyright in UK (life+70).