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wallcraft · 07-28-2007, 01:12 PM

I used ebooksearchr to find the following e-book versions of crooked little vein:

ereader.com: $17.95

ebooks.palm.com: $17.95

mobipocket.com: $17.95

powells.com (MS,Palm,Adobe): $15.26

ereader and ebooks indicate that the list price is $21.95, mobipocket does not say, and powells indicates that the list price is $17.95.

The list price for the hardback is $21.95, but on-line retailers (e.g. Amazon) give heavier discounts than e-book sites. In fact, if most e-books sites are just "platforms" for publishers then none of them will give discounts. This is a problem because the list price of the hardback is much higher than its typical selling price, but the list hardback price is what is controlling the e-book price.

07-28-2007, 01:12 PM	#4
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I used ebooksearchr to find the following e-book versions of crooked little vein: ereader.com: $17.95 ebooks.palm.com: $17.95 mobipocket.com: $17.95 powells.com (MS,Palm,Adobe): $15.26 ereader and ebooks indicate that the list price is $21.95, mobipocket does not say, and powells indicates that the list price is $17.95. The list price for the hardback is $21.95, but on-line retailers (e.g. Amazon) give heavier discounts than e-book sites. In fact, if most e-books sites are just "platforms" for publishers then none of them will give discounts. This is a problem because the list price of the hardback is much higher than its typical selling price, but the list hardback price is what is controlling the e-book price.