09-27-2012, 07:14 PM | #151 |
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I downloaded the sample and skimmed it. Doesn't look like $18 worth of book for me. Too full of expletives in the 0.2M of text, and the subject matter seems to be not up my alley.
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09-28-2012, 02:36 AM | #153 | |
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But still, don't you think it's outrageous 1. the price difference between India and US for a kindle version 2. the price difference for Indian customers who own Kindle and the ones that have a reader which doesn't read kindle files? |
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09-28-2012, 03:22 AM | #154 | |
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I also noticed a few other books for a lot less than in the USA (India price / USA price) Winter of the World $4.01 / $19.99 The Perks of Being a Wallflower $3.35 / $9.99 Fifty Shades of Grey $4.05 / $9.99 Beautiful Disaster $4.10 / $7.99 Divergent $3.70 / $6.56 Atlas Shrugged $4.29 / $12.99 Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days) $1.69 / $2.99 |
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09-28-2012, 03:56 AM | #155 |
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$18? I'm sorry but that's outrageous and indefensible. No digital file is worth that much, one may as well just buy the hardcover for $20.
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09-28-2012, 05:53 AM | #156 |
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I won't buy one at that price. I was looking forward to see her endeavor into other fiction, but there are numerous other things in my TBR pile. i can do without her book.
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09-28-2012, 09:57 AM | #157 |
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It's now #1 in both Amazon and B&N's top 100's and also #1 on Kobo now as well so it appears to be selling pretty well.
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I still would love to know where they get the figures to say that any particular book is
#1 on any particular list. What versions of the book are they talking about, etc.? I can't see an ebook costing that much money to be #1 no matter who the author. |
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http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-K...ZEPBBWYR427JVK Are you saying you think Amazon is lying about the sales figures? This is a highly-anticipated book, and the ebook is still cheaper than the hardcover (although I have heard you can get the hardcover for less at Target). I'm not saying that they SHOULD charge this much for the ebook, I'm just saying that I do think people are paying it. eP |
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On another note USA Today wasn't terribly enamored with the book, giving it 2 of 4 stars. |
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09-28-2012, 02:04 PM | #163 |
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I wonder how many of them were simply pre-orders from people who knew nothing else about the book than that JKR wrote it.
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09-28-2012, 02:24 PM | #164 | |
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As someone else said, we have several copies of Deathly Hallows (and some other HP books) because no one in the family wanted to wait. I think they were around $10-$12 each. I do want to read this book but I will wait until the price is down to $10 or less. Plenty of other books to read in the mean time. |
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Several friends of mine purchased the ebook. I asked them about the price and both said it was more convenient and less expensive than buying the hard copy of the book.
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