I don't know the particular book, but it's easy to find similar examples.
e.g.: Genesis by Karin Slaughter.
ebook list: £21.84, sold at £17.47
print list: £18.99, sold at £9.49
The publisher sets the ebook price at the same as the hardback. And then there's VAT to add to the ebook price.
Add to that the difference in discount (20% off for ebook and 50% off for hardback), and that's why the ebook is being offered for about twice the cost of the hardback.
Ludicrous.
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Originally Posted by Crowl
Just as a matter of interest, what book had such a big price difference, the only one that springs to mind was the new dan brown one and if it was that then the price difference was easily explained by amazon competing with the mad pricing of the supermarkets.
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