Book prices

There was a time when diesel was cheaper than petrol. Manufacturers worked to improve the performance of diesel engines, people switched to cars which did a better mileage per gallon and hey presto: diesel is more expensive than petrol.

The recent news that Amazon sold more e-books in a month than 'paper' books has led to the obvious result. Here is a snip from Amazon of a pre-publication offer: the Kindle edition is more expensive than the paperback one.

Our government has given preferential road tax rates to cars which emit fewer pollutants and is now worried that it is not making enough money from road tax revenue. Let's see how it reacts.