FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2015

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Oh, I forgot . . . . it's USD $1.99 here.

I've noticed that the 1.99 pound and $1.99 Canadian dollar books that are for sale in the U.S. have been $1.99 here. Apparently the exchange rate for all three is close to being equal. I wonder how often that's been the case.

BTW--there's a great currency converter at xe.com, if you ever need one.

Well, I just went to xe.com to see how close the currencies are, and they're not really even close. So it blew my theory out of the water. I suppose that the publishers/Amazon just want to sort of standardize prices at the 1.99 price point, regardless of currency.

Oh, at the current exchange rates, that means that the British pay less than the Americans. The Canadians pay more. We love our northern neighbors, though.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

If I remember right, I think they milked (for lack of a better word) Secretariat before he died and froze the sperm (my tablet auto corrected to supermarket) to sell later.

TMI.

_

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Well, I just went to xe.com {...} I suppose that the publishers/Amazon just want to sort of standardize prices at the 1.99 price point, regardless of currency.

Oh, at the current exchange rates, that means that the British pay less than the Americans. The Canadians pay more. We love our northern neighbors, though.

Sorry, you have that backwards, a common slip.

The GB pound is heaviest so we pay most (but the quoted price includes tax - VAT at 20%) and the Canadians least.

As you say, price point not international exchange rates.

Though Amazon and others do $1 => £1 on electronics when they can get away with it.

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors

The Fourth Crusade: The History of the Crusade that Resulted in the Sack of Constantinople

American Legends: The Life of the Kingfish, Huey Long

The Waco Siege: The History of the Federal Government's Standoff with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians


All very controversial even today.


See all

http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...=charles+river


http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...=charles+river
http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...=charles+river

[murg]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Oh, I forgot . . . . it's USD $1.99 here.

I've noticed that the 1.99 pound and $1.99 Canadian dollar books that are for sale in the U.S. have been $1.99 here. Apparently the exchange rate for all three is close to being equal. I wonder how often that's been the case.

BTW--there's a great currency converter at xe.com, if you ever need one.

The British Pound and the Canadian Dollar are on opposite ends of the value seesaw.

CAD$1.99 is USD$1.50 and GBP1.99 is USD$3.06.

So, you're getting a bargain compared to the British price, but overpaying compared to the Canadian price.

What you're seeing is the usual massive over-pricing of British books. That's why the same book at BookDepository is a lot cheaper if you get the American version rather than the British version.

Edit: Oops, I just saw that there was another page of comments, and this has already been handled.

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Oh, I forgot . . . . it's USD $1.99 here.

I've noticed that the 1.99 pound and $1.99 Canadian dollar books that are for sale in the U.S. have been $1.99 here. Apparently the exchange rate for all three is close to being equal. I wonder how often that's been the case.

BTW--there's a great currency converter at xe.com, if you ever need one.

That's a bit odd, since the exchange rate is under 0.75 currently; I would have expected the US price to be less than $US 1.50, but I believe the Canadian price was set by the publisher (HarperCollins CA)

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by bfisher

That's a bit odd, since the exchange rate is under 0.75 currently; I would have expected the US price to be less than $US 1.50, but I believe the Canadian price was set by the publisher (HarperCollins CA)

I know HarperCollins sets their prices in the US.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Sorry, you have that backwards, a common slip.

The GB pound is heaviest so we pay most (but the quoted price includes tax - VAT at 20%) and the Canadians least.

As you say, price point not international exchange rates.

Though Amazon and others do $1 => £1 on electronics when they can get away with it.

Yes. I did that to see if anyone was paying attention. hahahah

Actually, almost as soon as I saw your post, I realized my error. I'm mathematically challenged, so the way that I look at it is that the GB pound is not worth as much as an USD, so there would have to be more of them to equal the USD. The Canadian dollar is worth more than the USD, so it takes less of them to equal the USD.

Genuine thanks for the correction. Thanks also for keeping us apprised of the Charles River Editors freebies.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by murg

. . . .
What you're seeing is the usual massive over-pricing of British books. That's why the same book at BookDepository is a lot cheaper if you get the American version rather than the British version.
. . . .

I wasn't familiar with BookDepository, so I went to their website to look around. One nice thing about them is their "free delivery worldwide." Of course, if, in the U.S., you ordered, a book from them, it might take a month and a half to get to you by the cheap shipping (cheap shipping overseas doesn't go by airplane).

I didn't see any ebooks there, so I suppose that they don't sell them (yet).

It's nice to know about the company.

[GtrsRGr8]

I started wondering why Amazon would have the same price point all across the board--in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain--when they know that that means that the British will pay quite a bit more and the Canadians quite a bit less, because of it. So, if a book was priced at 99 cents, for example, in the U.S., the price would be 1.52 pounds (.99/.65) in GB and $0.75 Canadian dollars (.99/1.32) in Canada, at today's exchange rates.

Then the thought occurred to me that the exchange rates fluctuate, of course. So, if they based it on exchange rate, they would have to be changing the prices in Britain and Canada over and over--for the whole time that they carried the book. Now that doesn't seem like it would take a lot of work--just programming it in the computer like everything else. But, it probably would be fraught with issues that I can't think of at the moment. I'm sure that some of you will think of some right away.

[Smartie]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I started wondering why Amazon would have the same price point all across the board--in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain--when they know that that means that the British will pay quite a bit more and the Canadians quite a bit less, because of it. So, if a book was priced at 99 cents, for example, in the U.S., the price would be 1.52 pounds (.99/.65) in GB and $0.75 Canadian dollars (.99/1.32) in Canada, at today's exchange rates.

Then the thought occurred to me that the exchange rates fluctuate, of course. So, if they based it on exchange rate, they would have to be changing the prices in Britain and Canada over and over--for the whole time that they carried the book. Now that doesn't seem like it would take a lot of work--just programming it in the computer like everything else. But, it probably would be fraught with issues that I can't think of at the moment. I'm sure that some of you will think of some right away.

In most case,the price is not same,if 99 cents in US,it probably 1.19 canada dollar.
For example,go set a watchman,in .com,15.47,in.ca,17.99,just hope it won't be 19.99

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

[B]Charles River Editors

The Fourth Crusade: The History of the Crusade that Resulted in the Sack of Constantinople
<snip>
All very controversial even today.
<snip>

Very perceptive about the fact that the subjects of all of the books have in common the fact that they are controversial even today.

I'll share a few things that might whet the appetite of Mobilereaders for the book about the Fourth Crusade. I'm not going to share my feelings--though I have very strong ones--about the wisdom, rightness, etc. of the Crusades in aggregate, but I will about this particular Crusade.

Controversial is right! The Fourth Crusade is not only famous, but also infamous.

The participants set out from Europe to go to the Holy Land, as they and others did in the previous three Crusades, to conquer territory from the Muslims. Instead, they attacked Constantinople (formerly Byzantium), which was populated with people that they considered fellow (though apostate, being of the Orthodox Church, instead of the Roman Catholic Church as they were) Christians!

Not only did they attack and conquer the city, but once in the city they went about murdering, raping, and pillaging the people, and desecrating and stealing from Orthodox churches. How wrong this was! And how stupid of them, since this was detrimental to what they had set out to accomplish! Because of this detour from their plans, the Crusaders were so distracted and, I suppose, spent of their energy, that only a relative handful of them actually made it to the Holy Land.

Historians credit the Fourth Crusade with hastening the decline of the Byzantine (Eastern) empire. Ironically, the Byzantine empire had been holding back the forces of Islam. Instead of handing defeat to Muslims, the Fourth Crusade actually aided Muslims. Byzantium finally fell to the Ottoman Turks (Muslims) about two and a half centuries later.

Ironically, too, this Crusade sapped the enthusiasm of Europe for subsequent Crusades.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I started wondering why Amazon would have the same price point all across the board--in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain--when they know that that means that the British will pay quite a bit more and the Canadians quite a bit less, because of it. So, if a book was priced at 99 cents, for example, in the U.S., the price would be 1.52 pounds (.99/.65) in GB and $0.75 Canadian dollars (.99/1.32) in Canada, at today's exchange rates.

Then the thought occurred to me that the exchange rates fluctuate, of course. So, if they based it on exchange rate, they would have to be changing the prices in Britain and Canada over and over--for the whole time that they carried the book. Now that doesn't seem like it would take a lot of work--just programming it in the computer like everything else. But, it probably would be fraught with issues that I can't think of at the moment. I'm sure that some of you will think of some right away.

If one tried to equalize on the exchange rate, it would probably fry a computer because the prices would be changing every minute.
Not to mention you forgot the Euro, Peso, whatever Australia uses, and whatever currency the other Amazon's use. Note in Belarus, the price would be something like 2 million +.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I wasn't familiar with BookDepository, so I went to their website to look around. One nice thing about them is their "free delivery worldwide." Of course, if, in the U.S., you ordered, a book from them, it might take a month and a half to get to you by the cheap shipping (cheap shipping overseas doesn't go by airplane).

I didn't see any ebooks there, so I suppose that they don't sell them (yet).

It's nice to know about the company.

They used to sell ebooks 2010-2012

http://www.booksellerandpublisher.co...=item&id=24364

As to books worldwide delivery, since they have the sales, they can air-freight a bunch then post locally or in a nearby country. When I buy from America I often see the package was mailed in Frankfurt.

[murg]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I wasn't familiar with BookDepository, so I went to their website to look around. One nice thing about them is their "free delivery worldwide." Of course, if, in the U.S., you ordered, a book from them, it might take a month and a half to get to you by the cheap shipping (cheap shipping overseas doesn't go by airplane).

I didn't see any ebooks there, so I suppose that they don't sell them (yet).

It's nice to know about the company.

BookDepository has different prices depending on where you VPN in from.

All shipping to Australia goes by air nowadays. The shipping from the UK to Australia is pretty quick, usually 1 to 2 weeks. My guess is that there is a lot more capacity on the UK-US route, so shipping should be quicker. They may even have a warehouse in the US by now.