Okay, here is the one that irks and troubles me the most.
I'm a big fan of Terry Brooks, and have bought 43 of his books, 7 of those as ebooks.
I have been reading him since Sword Of Shannara was first released in AUS as a paperback.
The first ebooks I bought, were novellas or short stories, back in 2013. Then in 2015 I decided to buy all remaining Shannara novels to come, as ebooks as well. It seemed the smart thing to do, and I bought the first of a trilogy,
The High Druid's Blade, for $9.02 USD at that time. It was $13.33 USD when I first put it on my list, and got as high as $13.65 USD. I waited for the second and third ebooks, to come down to a fair price.
The Darkling Child, which was $13.75 USD when I put it on my wishlist on the 15/01/2015, has never done so, and the closest it got was $11.66 on the 19/01/2016. Currently $12.16 ($17.15 AUD). The highest it has been was $13.98 USD.
The Sorcerer's Daughter, which was $13.10 USD when I put it on my wishlist on the 28/04/2016, has never done so, and the closest it got was $12.19 on the 26/12/2016. Currently $23.36 USD ($32.94 AUD), but has often been over $26 and as high as $26.76 USD on the 31/01/2018.
That third ebook in the series, as you can see, is shockingly over-priced and I have no idea why. Especially as the American price last I looked was $7.99 USD for Americans.
So what is going on? What game is the publisher playing? Did they stuff up something and need to recoup the cost maybe? Or is it just some evil experiment with Aussies?
Really rather annoying, and when I saw the large paperback (trade) version during a rare visit to a discount books store for $9.99 AUD, I said stuff them and bought it. After all, it isn't like I haven't got most of his books in physical form (paperbacks, trade and hardcovers). I am still really annoyed however, and that second over-priced ebook can wait till hell freezes over if it never comes down to a fair price. I wanted all ebooks, and they forced me to do otherwise, and now I have two thirds of a mismatched trilogy.
As a comparison since then, I have bought 3 more ebooks of Terry Brooks, the third being a pre-order and the final 4th yet to come.
I paid.
The Black Elfstone: Book One of the Fall of Shannara $9.20
The Skaar Invasion: Book Two of the Fall of Shannara $10.94
The Stiehl Assassin: Book Three of the Fall of Shannara $10.62 (pre-order)
Most of his other ebooks are around $9.20 USD or less.