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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Unknown variables -- Amazon's book prices

Most of us have noticed that Amazon's book prices change over time, but how many prices change and by how much? And why? An LA Times reporter accidentally left some books in an outbasket and found the prices had gone up when he returned. So he tried the same thing again at Amazon and Amazon.co.uk. Amazon mystery: pricing of books tells the story. Unfortunately, it doesn't have any answers....

If your name is Jeff Bezos, please let us know.

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