Penguin high price? - Page 4

SteveEisenberg · 09-19-2012, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Fbone

YW, I was hoping that 3M's platform would be a good Overdrive alternative. It doesn't currently appear to be the case.

Not hardly. I posted about a month ago that the New York Public Library's 3M collection (http://ebook.3m.com/library/en/nypl/) only has 21 non-fiction books, and it's still true. I do notice tonight that they have added the more or less complete works of Tom Clancy.

I found the following unpromising note dated August 24 on the Kansas State Library web site:

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We are very sorry that 3M took so long to fix this issue. Please realize that the State Library keeps records of incidents like this with a vendor, and factors deeply in our decisions when contracts are up for renewal.

Despite the tiny number of books and small number of participating libraries, the web site is slow, and about a third of the time I check, it's down

JSWolf · 09-19-2012, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

When and where did they say they weren't allowing any new eBooks strictly because of the Kindle deal?

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In its November decision to not allow library lending of its new titles (via any vendor), Penguin had initially also targeted OverDrive’s relationship with Amazon as a particular concern, which led the company to demand that OverDrive disable the “Get for Kindle” functionality for all Penguin ebooks.

The company backed away from that demand, but the security concerns have likely never been allayed. When borrowing with a Kindle via OverDrive, the transaction essentially is removed from the public library and takes place under the terms that Amazon has worked out with OverDrive.

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/...ith-overdrive/

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In addition, Penguin informed suppliers to libraries that it expected them to abide by existing agreements to offer older digital titles to libraries only if those files were held behind the firewalls of the suppliers.

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/...of-new-titles/

Hellmark · 09-20-2012, 11:05 AM

Another example is Bob Burke's HoHoHo Mystery, where in the UK (where Bob is from), it sells for 99p, and until recently sold for $19.99 in the US. It was about a year and a half before the price was adjusted, and now sell for $1.99 in the US. The funny thing is, it was published by the same publisher in the US and UK, and it wasn't just one retailer that sold it for $1.99 (which you could chalk up to a typo).

Angst · 09-20-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The price of the eBook will fall when the paperback is released. Just wait a few months.

Not true. The paperback price for George RR Martin's A Dance with Dragons is $11.60 while the Kindle price is still $14.99.

I'm steadfastly refusing to buy the book until the ebook price comes down.

AnemicOak · 09-20-2012, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Angst

Not true. The paperback price for George RR Martin's A Dance with Dragons is $11.60 while the Kindle price is still $14.99.

I'm steadfastly refusing to buy the book until the ebook price comes down.

According to Amazon the $11.60 trade paperback ($18 list) comes out March 26, 2013, the same day the mass market pb comes out for $9.99 so hopefully the ebook will drop to $9.99, but you'll have to wait until March.

HarryT · 09-20-2012, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Angst

Not true. The paperback price for George RR Martin's A Dance with Dragons is $11.60 while the Kindle price is still $14.99.

I'm steadfastly refusing to buy the book until the ebook price comes down.

No, there isn't a paperback available yet. I suspect you're looking at the one that's coming out next year.

TimW · 09-20-2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

No, there isn't a paperback available yet. I suspect you're looking at the one that's coming out next year.

There is a trade paper available but it's an import. In agreement with your statement, there is no trade paper published in the US.

HarryT · 09-20-2012, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by TimW

There is a trade paper available but it's an import. In agreement with your statement, there is no trade paper published in the US.

The $11.60 paperback that Angst refers to in his post above is not released until March next year. That's not immediately obvious when you look at Amazon, so it's an easy mistake to make.

TimW · 09-20-2012, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The $11.60 paperback that Angst refers to in his post above is not released until March next year. That's not immediately obvious when you look at Amazon, so it's an easy mistake to make.

Oh yes, I had to check Powell's; It indicated the trade paper originated from an International warehouse.

spindlegirl · 09-20-2012, 12:49 PM

I wish the old trend of 'wait a year and the price comes down' was true across the board. I bought a book for 10.99 last year, and that same book is 13.99 a year and a half later. It was a stinker too, so I am disgusted by even the price I paid for it. (It wasn't a penguin book, but I keep my eyes on prices of some books to see if "price goes down" in general).

Luckily I don't have that kind of cash kicking around, so sticking with library loans instead of gambling double digits away is easy to do.

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09-20-2012, 11:05 AM	#48
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Another example is Bob Burke's HoHoHo Mystery, where in the UK (where Bob is from), it sells for 99p, and until recently sold for $19.99 in the US. It was about a year and a half before the price was adjusted, and now sell for $1.99 in the US. The funny thing is, it was published by the same publisher in the US and UK, and it wasn't just one retailer that sold it for $1.99 (which you could chalk up to a typo).

09-20-2012, 12:49 PM	#55
spindlegirl Wizard Posts: 1,594 Karma: 21245891 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra h20, Paperwhite 2017, Phone & Tablet w Moonreader	I wish the old trend of 'wait a year and the price comes down' was true across the board. I bought a book for 10.99 last year, and that same book is 13.99 a year and a half later. It was a stinker too, so I am disgusted by even the price I paid for it. (It wasn't a penguin book, but I keep my eyes on prices of some books to see if "price goes down" in general). Luckily I don't have that kind of cash kicking around, so sticking with library loans instead of gambling double digits away is easy to do.

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