For the ones that are seeing a different price. There is a small trick workaround for that. You can generate a real US address here: http://www.realusaaddress.com/ and make that your primary address. As you as shipping digital stuff it doesn't matter that it's not your real address. Prices of the Kindle store should drop immediately.
Watch out when making non digital purchases though that you select the correct address ;-)
Yes you can use a fake US address and set your Kindle country to the US, but Amazon monitors the IPs (and credit cards) you are buying from and after a few purchaes to your fake US address, they'll start sending you letters asking for proof you live there and eventually lock you out (force you to change back to your real country) if you can't provide them.
And..... bang! It's easier to pirate it, so I will. When it's difficult to give someone my money, I just won't bother.
I am well aware that the world of international publishing is a convoluted mess (Charles Stross covers it well over on antipope); I'm not sympathetic enough to that mess to be willing to get charged such disparate amounts.
Between my Kindle and iPad, I'd really like to never buy a physical book ever again. But then I still have four full book cases from before Kindle existed. I want to "upgrade" to ebooks, but I don't want to spend the money. At $3 each, I'd at least upgrade some of the better ones.
Perhaps, like purchasing a license to all forms of the work? I too would like to start purchasing ebooks, but used books are much cheaper than a kindle versions on amazon.
Awesome price, but worrisome for the state of high quality digital publications. I feel that this is worth much more than $2.99, and I am afraid that it will become a race to the floor .
Does anyone involved in print publications know what the cost distribution is on a book's sticker price?
Still a steal, but the painful part of this kind of opaque discriminatory pricing is that I would have bought it if it was $6 everywhere, but now I have to start wondering if I'm getting screwed (again( for being in/from "the wrong country".
For those unfamiliar with it, being confronted with the "you're from the wrong country" thing feels really, profoundly wrong and insulting, even if the difference is only 3 dollars.
I wonder if this is yet another example of Australian readers being shafted by parallel importation laws, so that Tim Winton can make a few extra bucks.
I bought 2 copies for $2.99. A friend in .ca told me he sees $31.99. I went there to gift him one. It was $4.99 by then. Gifted it anyway because it's was the best deal I ever had (It's worth the original price but it's a bit too far for me).
I have a Kindle connected to my account (My friend didn't) and I have a US address listed (I'm Sri Lankan).
Be warned that this is a very clunky e-book port -- they don't make much effort to adapt the sidebars and quotes to .mobi format, so you end up reading into the middle of them without realizing it.
This is really an excellent book. I feel like this book was the pivotal thing that really let me see how the small amount of programming I knew could be so much more with the practices preached in that book.
It took me from "OK I get how to program in Java, but how the heck do I build this cool stuff I see everyday?" to "oh, if I wanted to do that I can see pretty much how I would build it (regardless of language)"
Does anybody know of a good PDF version of this book? The only one I've found is at Safari Books Online, which is a subscription site with "tokens". It appears to let you download the book chapter for chapter.
I see $31.99 in Australia. The interesting thing though is that the link has a referral code in it. Maybe the submitter is trying to make some money on it with some bait and switch
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It was reporting a price of $31.47 for me in Canada as well. I jumped on a US proxy and saw $2.99, then attempted to purchase. It wouldn't let me, and suggested I change the country associated with my Kindle application.
I changed the address to a US one, and the purchase went through. One of the positives of living in a border city with multiple shipping addresses, I guess.
Yep, US$31.99 here in Australia. I was going to re-buy it (I already have a hard copy), but I'll be damned if I'm going to at that price. Regional pricing is such a scam.
I'm midway through this book and I'm fairly disappointed with it. It's not a bad book, bu much of the advice in it is common sense. And the parts that aren't common sense aren't very convincing (silly metaphors etc). Some of these 3-star reviews do a good job of reviewing it:
By the by, for those familiar with the pragmatic bookshelf, and were hoping to get it without DRM on that site, this was published by Addison Wesley, not pragmatic bookshelf.
One wonders how much the authors' experience publishing with Addison Wesley led to their founding Pragmatic Bookshelf.
I honestly think people that complain about referral link are just inherently negative. A free link, that takes you to a promotion, that saves you money, and you want to point out that the guy who brought this to your attention, is gaining something positive, at no expense to you or anyone. You probably pirated the book too.
To anyone outside the US, you can easily add a second US address (or any other country) to your kindle account.
Go to Your Account > Manage Your Kindle (in the Digital Content section) > Country Settings > Enter any US address and click update
You will now have US pricing. You can go ahead and add different addresses in other countries and you can simply switch between them to take advantage of different pricing, because Amazon remembers your previous addresses. The country you have selected has no effect at all on being able to download the book, you can still download from anywhere.
Wow, so this is the first time I've seen one-click purchasing (It's not normally enabled for me). It's really disconcerting. Not that I want to (and it's only $3) but is there any way to cancel a one-click purchase? It's not obvious..
> Books you purchase from the Kindle Store are eligible for return and refund if we receive your request within seven days of the date of purchase. Once a refund is issued, you'll no longer have access to the book. To request a refund and return, visit Manage Your Kindle, click the actions tab for the title you'd like to return, and select "Return for refund."
[+] [-] mva|13 years ago|reply
Watch out when making non digital purchases though that you select the correct address ;-)
[+] [-] KTamasEnty|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] EliRivers|13 years ago|reply
I am well aware that the world of international publishing is a convoluted mess (Charles Stross covers it well over on antipope); I'm not sympathetic enough to that mess to be willing to get charged such disparate amounts.
[+] [-] Tyrannosaurs|13 years ago|reply
I used a proxy so I looked like I was in the US, registered a new account and it was all fine but it wouldn't let me gift it to a UK Kindle.
[+] [-] jagira|13 years ago|reply
Do Kindle books involve local publishers like printed books? (e.g A book published by Penguin in USA and TMG in India has different prices)
[+] [-] jlarocco|13 years ago|reply
Between my Kindle and iPad, I'd really like to never buy a physical book ever again. But then I still have four full book cases from before Kindle existed. I want to "upgrade" to ebooks, but I don't want to spend the money. At $3 each, I'd at least upgrade some of the better ones.
[+] [-] jmduke|13 years ago|reply
I don't know how or when that would happen, but it would be glorious.
[+] [-] srs0001|13 years ago|reply
This is a great find though!
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[+] [-] salman89|13 years ago|reply
Does anyone involved in print publications know what the cost distribution is on a book's sticker price?
[+] [-] djt|13 years ago|reply
Im in OZ and it's $31.99
[+] [-] rickmb|13 years ago|reply
Still a steal, but the painful part of this kind of opaque discriminatory pricing is that I would have bought it if it was $6 everywhere, but now I have to start wondering if I'm getting screwed (again( for being in/from "the wrong country".
For those unfamiliar with it, being confronted with the "you're from the wrong country" thing feels really, profoundly wrong and insulting, even if the difference is only 3 dollars.
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[+] [-] chanux|13 years ago|reply
I have a Kindle connected to my account (My friend didn't) and I have a US address listed (I'm Sri Lankan).
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[+] [-] djt|13 years ago|reply
Could be an interesting way to hack around it
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[+] [-] davewasthere|13 years ago|reply
Think I've got the physical book somewhere anyway. It's just now that I travel a lot, I like to have the Kindle version as well.
Seth Godin seems to be able to synchronise his deals/giveaways between amazon.com & amazon.co.uk... Shame this wasn't as well.
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[+] [-] ninetax|13 years ago|reply
It took me from "OK I get how to program in Java, but how the heck do I build this cool stuff I see everyday?" to "oh, if I wanted to do that I can see pretty much how I would build it (regardless of language)"
It's a must read.
[+] [-] dbecker|13 years ago|reply
The material isn't incredibly advanced, so some expert programmers will get less out of it. But I think it's very worthwhile for 90% of programmers.
I would highly recommend this book to most people considering it.
[+] [-] epsil|13 years ago|reply
http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/software-engineering-an...
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[+] [-] alanpca|13 years ago|reply
I changed the address to a US one, and the purchase went through. One of the positives of living in a border city with multiple shipping addresses, I guess.
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[+] [-] anonimo|13 years ago|reply
http://www.amazon.com/The-Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-eb...
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[+] [-] eupharis|13 years ago|reply
One wonders how much the authors' experience publishing with Addison Wesley led to their founding Pragmatic Bookshelf.
They do have a page for the book on their site:
http://pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer/
But the buy link is broken:
http://pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer/titles/tpp
In short, just buy the damn thing from Amazon.
I've used my Kindle everyday for two years. This is the first DRM'd ebook I've ever bought.
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[+] [-] rodly|13 years ago|reply
Thanks OP, great deal and I bought it.
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[+] [-] Nick5a1|13 years ago|reply
Go to Your Account > Manage Your Kindle (in the Digital Content section) > Country Settings > Enter any US address and click update
You will now have US pricing. You can go ahead and add different addresses in other countries and you can simply switch between them to take advantage of different pricing, because Amazon remembers your previous addresses. The country you have selected has no effect at all on being able to download the book, you can still download from anywhere.
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[+] [-] medell|13 years ago|reply
Some other Kindle book prices dropped in price as well.
[+] [-] ljf|13 years ago|reply
I'm purely editorial/product (not project) management - but this looks like it could give me a rounded understanding of best practice.
Those who have read it, would you recommend to someone of my background?
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[+] [-] jonknee|13 years ago|reply
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...
> Books you purchase from the Kindle Store are eligible for return and refund if we receive your request within seven days of the date of purchase. Once a refund is issued, you'll no longer have access to the book. To request a refund and return, visit Manage Your Kindle, click the actions tab for the title you'd like to return, and select "Return for refund."
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