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Old 07-01-2019, 03:21 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
I don't follow series. I was thinking of books that had recently been published in hardback when I gave a three month window.

That particular example looks like it's a victim of agency pricing. The ebook and the paperback are priced the same, $7.99. Amazon can offer a discount on the paperback, but they aren't allowed to offer discounts on ebooks. That's why the ebook price has the little 'Price set by seller' comment.

I'm more familiar with examples like Elevation by Stephen King. Hardback (with discount) is $13.96. The ebook is $9.99. The Reckoning by John Grisham is $15.69 in hardback and $9.99 in ebook. The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu is $13.66 in paperback and $9.99 as an ebook and was on sale yesterday for $2.99.
And then there are all the various editions in different countries. A book might be on sale in the US, but not elsewhere. I've rarely seen sales with the European editions, but then they often seem to be cheaper than the US editions in general.
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