Does not compute...

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Can anyone explain why I can buy Jim Butcher's latest Dresden Files books for $22.15 (about £11.50) including international shipping from amazon.com, whereas amazon.co.uk will only sell you a second-hand copy starting at £12.13 PLUS international postage?

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[dsample.livejournal.com]

Probably because the UK Amazon store can't sell it until it's published by the UK publisher, and some guys are taking advantage of that to make themselves a few bucks by reselling US bought editions to UK customers who can't wait, and don't think of going to amazon.com directly.

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Sounds horribly plausible. Thanks.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I could tell you, but I fear the inevitable consequences when the Amazon Secret Police come to kick in my front door.

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That's odd - I couldn't see this when you posted it.

Obviously the Secret Amazon fnord are fnord your fnord fnord fnord.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

(LJ are apparently being a bit useless again. Which is pretty good timing on their part all things considered. I hear rumours of large-scale DOS attacks being made against them.)

Say no skidoo, Amazonians are watching.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

English language rights are still sold in two tranches -- North American and UK/Commonwealth (minus Canada). Jim is now published in the UK, albeit some time behind his US publisher. British publishers get very shirty with Amazon if Amazon.co.uk start offering imported US copies once a British publisher has bought the rights ... so we may presume that a paperback of WHITE NIGHTS is in the offing. (And about bloody time, seeing it made #5 in the New York Times bestseller list!)

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Thanks - that makes sense.

[angusabranson.livejournal.com]

Thee UK paperback version of White Nights isn't due out until January 2008.

I ended up picking up a Hardcover edition when I was in the States last month. Saying that I haven't read it yet as I'm currently reading Proven Guilty as I seem to have somehow fallen behind the series.

Should really try and see what the TV series is like at somepoint. I caught the first couple of episodes (which I wasn't entirely sure about) but have been told the series got better as it progressed (hmmm... we'll see...)

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I've seen them as downloads - OK, and it does get better, but nowhere near as good as the books.