Are the price of Macmillan eBooks increasing outside of the U.S.?

[ownedbycats]

On my Kobo wishlist, multiple books have increased in price. The prices were added to my spreadsheet at the beginning of June, now wrong.

Points of note.

• The one thing in common: Tor Books, Henry Holt, St. Martin's. All owned or distributed by Macmillan.
• Most of them are previously CAD$16.99, now $21.99.
• Others $12.99, now 16.99.
• Canadian prices are the same on Amazon.
• Checked eReaderIQ for the USD price history, have not increased.

Other countries too, Canada-specific? Tariff issues my first thought, but digital products not affected directly I think.

[ownedbycats]

More notes:

The St. Martin's seem to have have jumped USD prices as well. [1]

Annoying, the Tor Books have decreased price in the U.S but increased in Canada. [1]

Seriously reconsidering what books i keep on wishlist.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

More notes:

The St. Martin's seem to have have jumped USD prices as well. [1]

Annoying, the Tor Books have decreased price in the U.S but increased in Canada. [1]

Seriously reconsidering what books i keep on wishlist.

For eBooks that have come down in price in the US, just travel to the US via the Kobo travel agency.

[ownedbycats]

I'd rather not pay sales tax to a country where the leader repeatedly threatening to annex my country, thank you. (Don't worry mods, last political comment I make this thread.)

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I'd rather not pay sales tax to a country where the leader repeatedly threatening to annex my country, thank you. (Don't worry mods, last political comment I make this thread.)

Put your place of residence as New Hampshire in the US. No sales tax.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

(Don't worry mods, last political comment I make this thread.)

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[ownedbycats]

I found article, sadly from Good eReader, noting this:

https://goodereader.com/blog/busines...-books-in-2025


Interesting, they specifically mention the three publishers I mentioned in first post, even though it not mentioned in Booknet survey. I think theyre lurking MR.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I think theyre lurking MR.

They have been doing that for years.

There have been multiple times that someone posted clearly labeled speculations on MR that later got posted as news on badereader.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

They have been doing that for years.

There have been multiple times that someone posted clearly labeled speculations on MR that later got posted as news on badereader.

[ownedbycats]

Didn't do much proofreading either:

Print book increases can be due to h higher import costs, potentially due to tariffs, which can contribute to higher book prices, according Yahoo Finance article.

The article they linked is also 12 years old and doesn't even mention tariffs.