Kobo's
German store will be launching in early October and can be found at www.kobobooks.de with
German - language best
sellers, the hottest new releases and classics that are part of the 80,000 title
German eBook library.
For example, Ken Follett's recent best
seller, Edge of Eternity (retitled Kinder der Freiheit for Germany), costs an eye - watering $ 20.99 ($ 23.90 at current exchange rates or # 15.72) on price - controlled
German ebook sites, including Amazon.de, while it's half that price in the US on Amazon.com at $ 10.99 ($ 9.65 or # 7.23) and just # 6.65 ($ 10.11 or $ 8.88) in discount - crazy Britain at Amazon.co.uk.