feng shui assassin

Hmmmm.

Amazon have seemed to have introduced a wierd pricing structure for their digital downloads.

Buy Feng Shui Assassin as a downloadable ebook from the USA and you will pay 99c. Buy Feng Shui Assassin as a downloadable ebook from the UK (or anywhere else) then you pay the inflated price of $3.44.

No explanation of this increase in price has been announced. At least not to me - or to the general DTP bulletin boards. I’m assuming that the increase in price assumes a cost for VAT (not applied to books, but definately applied to downloads) and other associated costs for getting the book to the ereader of choice. Although $2.50 extra onto any purchase is a hefty price to pay.

Amazon. Not just the friendly company. But as dangerous and as merciless as its namesake.

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