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09-12-2012, 03:51 AM | #1 | ||
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Apple is already fighting Amazon in the ebook price wars (with aggressive discounts)
http://paidcontent.org/2012/09/11/ap...ok-price-wars/
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09-12-2012, 04:41 AM | #2 |
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Let the games begin!
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09-12-2012, 07:06 AM | #3 |
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09-12-2012, 09:55 AM | #4 |
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Amazon's been working its way gradually through the HC catalog, dropping prices. HC stuff I've been watching the prices for, the prices have been dropping, one at a time.
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09-12-2012, 10:07 AM | #5 |
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09-12-2012, 10:08 AM | #6 |
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09-12-2012, 10:36 AM | #7 |
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Until I can read iBooks on something other than an iOS device, it doesn't matter how low the price is. I'll stick with Amazon as I can read whatever I purchase on just about anything.
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09-12-2012, 10:40 AM | #8 |
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Yep.. I've got exactly *1* book from iBooks and don't ever intend to purchase another.
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09-12-2012, 10:53 AM | #9 |
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Content price wars only rank highly on my radar when the content is easily playable on the device of my choosing. This essentially means a DRM-free, common file standard. (Having to strip the DRM & convert it myself takes the "ease" out of it for me.)
Since this is rarely the case, that's when many other factors come into it for me. Initial buy-in for a device. Is the new device compatible with my existing files? Does that device meet a sufficient amount of my needs/wants? How's customer service? Etc, Etc. It's part of why I've always been a little leery of the whole content provider/hardware seller configuration. It seems to be where the industry is going, I know. I just prefer more division. I was going to cite automobiles/gas as an example, but I think the case of someone like Sony is somewhat more apropos. A Sony CD player doesn't just play Sony music. It plays just about any CD from any label. (Never used a Sony ereader, so I don't know how much they carry that model into that arena.) Instead they seem to be using the razor blade model. Sell them a razor cheap then charge $$ for the special blades needed to fit it. |
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09-12-2012, 05:02 PM | #11 |
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09-12-2012, 05:31 PM | #12 | |
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09-13-2012, 12:54 AM | #13 |
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Australian price for Bloodlines now only 15.77 - only 57% higher not 70-100%!
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09-13-2012, 06:32 AM | #14 |
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09-13-2012, 07:44 AM | #15 |
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Yeah, basically I would think an ever increasing proportion of Australians will :
1) Buy the US edition - so Europeans lose to the competitor they are most worried about losing to short-term 2) Buy other stuff that are not by any of the price fixing gougers thus lose long-term |
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