Language makes the difference

You would normally think, that good books  – especially business books have a comparable value (and price) in many countries. At least I thought his until I was looking at Amazon (German Shop) for a book of my favorite pricing author, Tom Nagle. His book – “Strategy and Tactics of Pricing” – IMHO one of the best pricing books ever  – costs

more than 60 € for the English edition and

less than 6€ (!) for the German edition.

What could be the reasons for this significant price difference? It can`t be cost reasons. The other way around it would have made maybe sense arguing, with costs of translating the book into German and probably having a much smaller number of printed copies.

The low price could be the result of a stock clearing – if there is no demand for the book in the German business world. Does this in consequence mean, that the Germans are less interested in Pricing?

Well, I guess I will never understand it – nevertheless I used the opportunity and bought myself a copy and gave it as a gift to a colleague – well invested money for me. The vendor didm`t make a good deal. I would have paid much more for this excellent book -he “left money on the table”