Re: Kindle books cheaper in UK than US

try free :)

2010/8/14 Kirk McElhearn <[email protected]>

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> On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:06 PM, joseph harris wrote:
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> > Kindle books cheaper in UK than US
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> > More text to speech as well
> > http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/28722
> >
> http://www.teleread.com/2010/08/10/kindle-books-cheaper-in-uk-than-us-more-text-to-speech-as-well/
> > '...25 bestselling books in the US Kindle Store sales rankings for a
> grand total of $252.10....a UK Kindle customer could have purchased the top
> 25 bestselling books in the UK Kindle Store sales rankings for a grand total
> of £99.13, which is the equivalent of $157.58 in US dollars…'
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> Seriously? One writes this on a blog? They're not the same books; why
> should the prices be the same?
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> "The difference between $252.10 and $157.58 is $94.52, and it means that US
> Kindle customers pay 59.98 per cent more for our Kindle bestsellers."
>
> No it doesn't.
>
> It also doesn't take into account that Kindle books are new in the UK, and
> Amazon is discounting them more. Those discounts won't last.
>
>
> Kirk
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