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Whoa 3 books after the WC HS which ones are worth the read? Sealed With A Six: The Story Of The 2011 World Cup by ESPN Cricinfo (Hardcover - 2011) Champions! by Suresh Menon (Hardcover - 2011) Sachin Tendulkar: A Definitive Biography Celebrating 50 Centuries In Test Cricket by Vaibhav Purandare I have this book, but it seems he's updated it.

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if its an ebook' date=' how does it matter that you buy from Amazon or flipkart??[/quote'] Amazon is very expensive ($9.99 for bestsellers) :(( Flipkart would have sold them cheaper
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Amazon is very expensive ($9.99 for bestsellers) :(( Flipkart would have sold them cheaper
I doubt that, there can not be a concept of cheap-east-asia-student edition in case of ebooks. $10 = Rs 450. Not too much for a good ebook. Even $20 would be a fair price for a top ebook, for the risk of -ease of use and piracy -.
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I doubt that, there can not be a concept of cheap-east-asia-student edition in case of ebooks. $10 = Rs 450. Not too much for a good ebook. Even $20 would be a fair price for a top ebook, for the risk of -ease of use and piracy -.
In USA bestsellers are $17-20 for print editions I think, In India they are 250-350 a pop. So for them buying an ebook is cheaper, for me it turns out to be expensive. for the India Kindle store, Amazon should give cheaper ebooks just like the paperbacks are cheaper here.
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In USA bestsellers are $17-20 for print editions I think' date=' In India they are 250-350 a pop. So for them buying an ebook is cheaper, for me it turns out to be expensive. for the India Kindle store, Amazon should give cheaper ebooks just like the paperbacks are cheaper here.[/quote'] I see your point. But you can imagine the problems with offering 'cheaper' ebooks for subcontinent. For print media it still requires some work for someone to get a book 'smuggled' from subcontinent. But for ebooks, it would be mayhem. Anyway, IMO, $10/20 is not a bad price for a quality ebook for something you really want/need to read. And if cheaper print edition is available, then of course is better! ( I have yet to learn how to read ebook, I have 100s/1000s of them :).)
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I see your point. But you can imagine the problems with offering 'cheaper' ebooks for subcontinent. For print media it still requires some work for someone to get a book 'smuggled' from subcontinent. But for ebooks, it would be mayhem. Anyway, IMO, $10/20 is not a bad price for a quality ebook for something you really want/need to read. And if cheaper print edition is available, then of course is better! ( I have yet to learn how to read ebook, I have 100s/1000s of them :).)
Not on the kindle, books cant be transferred from one device to another since they are encrypted. Also Amazon checks the IP which you are using to access the kindle store and puts pricing based on that. I usually dont read fiction much nowadays and am reading more history and political books, and these are priced in the range of 25-35 dollars - almost double the cost of the print edition on Flipkart.
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Not on the kindle, books cant be transferred from one device to another since they are encrypted. Also Amazon checks the IP which you are using to access the kindle store and puts pricing based on that. I usually dont read fiction much nowadays and am reading more history and political books, and these are priced in the range of 25-35 dollars - almost double the cost of the print edition on Flipkart.
haha, that is why I said - quality books that you really want/need to read. I thought you were talking about ebooks in general (regardless of the device you use to read). From your post it seems like Amazon already have architecture to have dynamic pricing based on the location of user. So, all you can do is wait for a while or figure out 'other' ways.
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