Book prices stay high despite strong Canadian dollar

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 7, 2006 --

Toronto, ON � July 5, 2006- Canadians are becoming increasingly wary of paying high prices for their books despite the soaring loonie. Most of the books are printed by publishers in the US and yet they are paying about 25% to 30% more than their American counterparts. This can mean a huge windfall for the producers and retailers but not to the average Canadian who finds that most of the books are still expensive. The price difference exists not just between Canadian and American stores, but also between various Canadian stores. The site, www.onbudget.ca, is launched to partially address this issue.

On www.onbudget.ca, users can search from millions of book titles and find the listed prices from various Canadian and American bookstores in seconds. The users can search for books by keywords, title or author. The site searches for the book across various stores and lists the prices in Canadian dollars at the day�s exchange rate along with shipping time, availability, book details, editorials and user comments. By looking at the prices from various stores, the user can quickly make decision on where to buy the book from. Visit www.onbudget.ca to see all of this in action.