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Old 04-03-2012, 08:23 AM   #1
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Unhappy Sony Store & Random House books in Canada
Today I saw A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin jump to $35 in Canada while it still costs $14.99 in the US. Basically every Random House book has more than doubled on the Canadian site.

What's going on with that and will such stores as Google and Kobo have to follow their lead? Why would books be nearly 2 and a half times as much in Canada as in the US?
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Old 04-03-2012, 10:53 AM   #2
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I just took a look at my wishlist at the eBook Store.

Several titles are now over $25.00, and from 3 different publishers!

I'm hoping it's just a temporary glitch in their system.
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Old 04-03-2012, 11:21 AM   #3
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It's $14.99 at Kobo http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/-Danc...OUw/page1.html

You can use Adobe Digital Editions to add it to your Sony I believe.

And Sony has it showing for $14.99 as well http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/geo...00000000429259

The price increase might have been a glitch. Wouldn't have been the first time this has happened.
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Old 04-03-2012, 02:36 PM   #4
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If it ever does happen and it is not a glitch, there are some easy ways to hide you IP and buy from US based book stores.
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Old 04-03-2012, 04:13 PM   #5
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It's $14.99 at Kobo http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/-Danc...OUw/page1.html

You can use Adobe Digital Editions to add it to your Sony I believe.

And Sony has it showing for $14.99 as well http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/geo...00000000429259

The price increase might have been a glitch. Wouldn't have been the first time this has happened.
I pray you're right. As it is, Kobo, Google books and Diesel books are still reasonable. If publishers were making a price hike here in Canada you'd think it would be unilateral. Not just Sony. Still, it's freaking me out.
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They may be doing to you what happened in Australia, if not a glitch. Where they doubled prices in December to try and desperately defend the print prices which are triple the US.
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