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PieOPah · 10-08-2009, 06:22 AM

I was interested in getting "Her Fearful Symmetry" which was recently released. I have just checked WHSmith and it is listed at £21.84.

This is also apparently the list price of the E-book
The Hardback has a list price of £18.99 and surprise surprise is discounted to £13.99.

This price is absolutely maddening. There is no way in hell that I am going to pay a price like this.

What makes this worse is that the Audio version is cheaper which surely costs more to produce (since they need to pay for studio time, actors to read the book and then the production).

These prices surely are designed to encourage piracy?

10-08-2009, 06:22 AM	#1
PieOPah Addict Posts: 398 Karma: 914 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505	Is pricing getting worse? I was interested in getting "Her Fearful Symmetry" which was recently released. I have just checked WHSmith and it is listed at £21.84. This is also apparently the list price of the E-book The Hardback has a list price of £18.99 and surprise surprise is discounted to £13.99. This price is absolutely maddening. There is no way in hell that I am going to pay a price like this. What makes this worse is that the Audio version is cheaper which surely costs more to produce (since they need to pay for studio time, actors to read the book and then the production). These prices surely are designed to encourage piracy? Last edited by PieOPah; 10-08-2009 at 06:25 AM.