Re: 7 Ruby Programming ebook

Michael Schuerig wrote:

> That may be true for academic textbooks where several publishers
> have "international" (read: non-US) editions. For technical books in
> general this doesn't appear to be true. I live in Germany and often
> find that it is cheaper to order books from amazon.com than from
> amazon.de, even taking customs duty into account.

When I was in India last year I picked up a copy of _Design Patterns_ that
was 640rp (about 16USD). The same book (not the same quality of paper) is
99USD. The bookstores there were loaded with new, legal printings of
technical books, in English, but are marked as "LPE" (Low Price Edition).
The book says:

"This edition is manufactured in India and is authorized for sale only in
India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lank and the Maldives."

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