02-17-2009, 07:13 PM | #1 |
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Probably a dumb question, but ...
OK, so I've been happily buying and downloading all sorts of wonderful books, short stories & personal content to my new eBookwise 1150, which I absolutely adore.
However, I do have a bit of a quibble with the prices on some of these ebooks. For example - Stephen King's "The Stand" is $35.00! Why? I mean, I love the book but not enough to pay $35 for the e-copy - unless I know for sure that the format would translate to any future reader I might get. There's probably a good reason that I don't know about - maybe someone could enlighten me so I won't think be thinking bad thoughts about Mr. King, just before Lent starts? Thanks! |
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It's like that at pretty much every ebookstore. Beats me as to why.
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02-17-2009, 07:24 PM | #3 |
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no clue
I have a few books that are on my wishlist that I am waiting for them to come down in price. Seriously I don't know what the publishers are thinking on some of these things!
I have found some books that are out in paperback and the ebook copy is more expensive! What the heck! I don't care what the publishers claim ebooks cost less to make than a regular paperback. I think that some of the pricing is silly but I think the publishers are scared. They don't get it, they are probabily a bit technophobic. There are a number of ebook publishing houses, that pretty much exclusively do ebooks and guess what! They seem to be doing great! Amy |
02-17-2009, 07:28 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, that's what bothers me - in the case of Stephen King books, I know for a fact that my local used bookstore has tons of super-cheap paperbacks of just about all his titles. For $35 I could buy 35 copies of the same book, throw them away when they get worn out and still have enough to last for the rest of my life.
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That doesnt make sense. In the Kindles case, its $8.99.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Stand/dp/B...4920295&sr=1-1 Have you checked other sites? Can you buy books for your reader from other sites? |
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I was noticing, "The Stand" is the only one of King's books that is so outrageously expensive. I wonder why? |
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aannnd ... it happened again - duplicate post! Sorry!
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"Carrie" is pretty expensive as well ... $22.75.
Just out of curiosity, is ebookwise the only site where I can purchase .imp books? There's another site called "ebooks" which seems to have several formats - Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, and Adobe - but it's hard to tell whether or not any of these would translate to my ebookwise. |
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And RTF, if you can find it or convert to it. Your reader will read that natively also.
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