Remember what I said about e-book pricing?

"I'd happily buy ebooks for 3 Euro, moan about but can agree to 5 Euro, and for something that I really, really want (say, a brand-new Neal Stephenson) can see myself fork over 10 Euro maybe once a year, but not many titles fit that range. "

Well, that just happened.

Amazon sent me an email that I might be interested in "REAMDE", Neal Stephenson's upcoming new novel, for which they are now taking pre-orders and which will be available from September, 20th. There are two versions of the book by two different publishers (William Morrow and Atlantic Books), and three different editions (softcover, hardcover and Kindle), making for a grand total of seven different items in the shop (plus the audio versions):

And for some reason, one of the two Kindle versions is a lot cheaper and available for purchase right now. I could not find any explanation or advertisement for that. I suppose this is some kind of secretive marketing experiment. Or a mistake. Get it while you can.