Totally bummed!

giedre · 06-13-2010, 08:21 PM

Was buying kindle books at Amazon today when I ran across this outrageous pricing! The book is "In His Image". I was thrilled to find it but not so thrilled with the pricing structure.
Hardcover: 30.40
Paperback: 11.95
Kindle price: 19.99
That is ridiculous and the Hachette Book Group is one I'll avoid totally. I'm so mad I could just spit! I may not be able to do much about it except to vote with my pocketbook by not buying ANY of their books. Thanks for letting me rant! http://www.amazon.com/His-Image-Chri...=AG56TWVU5XWC2

whitearrow · 06-13-2010, 09:31 PM

Instead of not buying *any* of their books, it seems to me that the better way to send a message to the publisher would be to buy their fairly priced books (if you want the book, of course), while not buying the ones that are stupidly priced. That sends the message that reasonable prices sell books.

JaneD · 06-13-2010, 10:04 PM

That's weird, because Kindle Nation Daily just today highlighted Hatchett's tactic of releasing some of their authors at cut-rate prices and therefore driving them up the Kindle bestsellers list. I find publishers' attitudes towards ebook pricing utterly perplexing.

AnemicOak · 06-13-2010, 10:13 PM

They're obviously starting with the HC as a basis for how they're pricing the ebook. The paperback mentioned is an out of print edition being sold by third party booksellers. While it'd be nice for the price to be lower you're not likely to ever see a publisher trying to compete with used booksellers.

DiapDealer · 06-14-2010, 09:09 AM

If you're talking about the first book of James BeauSeigneur's Christ Clone Trilogy, I wouldn't waste a dime on any version of that book (too late for me, but I can save others). Overlooking the fact that it's nothing but religious propaganda disguised as science-fiction, it's just horribly written. Horribly.

06-13-2010, 08:21 PM	#1
giedre Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 4850 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Carolina Device: Sony 500,505, Kindle, 1150	Totally bummed! Was buying kindle books at Amazon today when I ran across this outrageous pricing! The book is "In His Image". I was thrilled to find it but not so thrilled with the pricing structure. Hardcover: 30.40 Paperback: 11.95 Kindle price: 19.99 That is ridiculous and the Hachette Book Group is one I'll avoid totally. I'm so mad I could just spit! I may not be able to do much about it except to vote with my pocketbook by not buying ANY of their books. Thanks for letting me rant! http://www.amazon.com/His-Image-Chri...=AG56TWVU5XWC2

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06-13-2010, 09:31 PM	#2
whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	Instead of not buying any of their books, it seems to me that the better way to send a message to the publisher would be to buy their fairly priced books (if you want the book, of course), while not buying the ones that are stupidly priced. That sends the message that reasonable prices sell books.

06-13-2010, 10:04 PM	#3
JaneD Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1057749 Join Date: May 2010 Location: LA, CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2013	That's weird, because Kindle Nation Daily just today highlighted Hatchett's tactic of releasing some of their authors at cut-rate prices and therefore driving them up the Kindle bestsellers list. I find publishers' attitudes towards ebook pricing utterly perplexing.

06-13-2010, 10:13 PM	#4
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	They're obviously starting with the HC as a basis for how they're pricing the ebook. The paperback mentioned is an out of print edition being sold by third party booksellers. While it'd be nice for the price to be lower you're not likely to ever see a publisher trying to compete with used booksellers.

06-14-2010, 09:09 AM	#5
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,536 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	If you're talking about the first book of James BeauSeigneur's Christ Clone Trilogy, I wouldn't waste a dime on any version of that book (too late for me, but I can save others). Overlooking the fact that it's nothing but religious propaganda disguised as science-fiction, it's just horribly written. Horribly.

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