If you live in the UK you can buy off Amazon.UK, and you pay74 pence or about $1.50 NZ. Instead we have to go through Amazon.Com where we are bundled into the Asia/Pacific region and really ripped off. We get forced to pay US$9.99 or NZ$13 . Almost ten times the price.
My colleagues often ask me about my Kindle, as lately I have returned to borrowing more and more library books. I check and look, and often only buy books on Amazon on special, sometimes they can be discounted for a week or two. I recommend that they hold off buying an e-reader if their family member is happy to still borrow books.
It would be better to have a fairer pricing system. Don't forget that you can still probably buy the books for cheaper through the Book Depositary and get them sent to NZ for free. Do I feel sorry for Kiwi booksellers - sure, but it has been a long time since I had bought books. Once the prices went up to NZ$40, it got way out of my price range for affordability.
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Book Depositary has become dangerous.... But way cheaper than Nz book shops plus I often can't find books I like in shops.
Love Leanne
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