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Steven Lyle Jordan · 08-15-2009, 07:57 PM

to all my prospective customers... uh, I mean friends... in New Zealand!

More than once, I've thought about the differences in costs and cost of living in various countries, and how e-books stand elsewhere. For instance, who's going to buy even a $3.50 e-book when your monthly wage equals the equivalent of about $30?

These discrepancies could often be dealt with when the merchandise was physical. But with electronic merchandise, the equations have changed. Some online payment systems are evolving to give the seller some more control over prices in different countries/currencies, but we aren't quite there yet.

08-15-2009, 07:57 PM	#6
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	to all my prospective customers... uh, I mean friends... in New Zealand! More than once, I've thought about the differences in costs and cost of living in various countries, and how e-books stand elsewhere. For instance, who's going to buy even a $3.50 e-book when your monthly wage equals the equivalent of about $30? These discrepancies could often be dealt with when the merchandise was physical. But with electronic merchandise, the equations have changed. Some online payment systems are evolving to give the seller some more control over prices in different countries/currencies, but we aren't quite there yet.