Code complete electronic version ?

[post400]

alan.gauld at btinternet.com (Alan Gauld) wrote in message news:<3f573bda.396747703 at news.blueyonder.co.uk>...
> On 4 Sep 2003 06:01:21 -0700, post400 at prontomail.com (post400)
> wrote:
> > see how expensive some books are in Europe compared to US.
> 
> Where in Europe? I'm in the UK and prices on Amazon.co.uk are not
> significantly higher than the US site (ie nothing like double!)

In France !
Have a lokk at this:
on amazon.fr ...

Prix de vente conseillé au Royaume-Uni* :
 £27.42  /  EUR 39,61
Notre prix :  EUR 39,61

and on amazon.com

Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
by Steve C McConnell

Price: 	  	$24.50 which is almost half of 40€ !

Ok maybe 40€ is not that much but it's just not nice to see such a difference !

> 
> > is that most american sites don't ship to Europe or the taxes are
> > enourmous.
> 
> I've bought several books from the US(Barnes & Nobles,
> Amazon.Com, and others). Taxes have never been significant. The
> only real snag is the 4-6 week wait for shipment.
> 
> Alan g.
> Author of the Learn to Program website
> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld