New Kindle book, .08 more than hardback...

jimmypatrick · 02-02-2010, 01:29 AM

I was thinking about getting "The Quants" (0307453375). It comes out tomorrow in Hardback and Kindle-format. The kindle format is .08 more than the hardback. This is a Random House book, so it looks like everyone's gonna go for the higher prices. As far as I'm concerned they can whistle. I'm not paying more for the bits than I would for the book. I'll get it from the library.

Jimmy

colinsky · 02-02-2010, 01:50 AM

Interesting -- both prices claim to be "46%" off but the Kindle price is the one that is exactly that percentage. I wonder if Amazon is applying a "round to the nearest 10 cents" algorithm to paper prices but not to ebooks?

angelad · 02-03-2010, 09:14 PM

Wait a week or two after release and then compare. Ebooks usually drop in price a little bit.

02-02-2010, 01:29 AM	#1
jimmypatrick Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cupertino, CA Device: Kindle 2, iPad	New Kindle book, .08 more than hardback... I was thinking about getting "The Quants" (0307453375). It comes out tomorrow in Hardback and Kindle-format. The kindle format is .08 more than the hardback. This is a Random House book, so it looks like everyone's gonna go for the higher prices. As far as I'm concerned they can whistle. I'm not paying more for the bits than I would for the book. I'll get it from the library. Jimmy

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02-02-2010, 01:50 AM	#2
colinsky Addict Posts: 233 Karma: 3232318 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony PRS-300, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	Interesting -- both prices claim to be "46%" off but the Kindle price is the one that is exactly that percentage. I wonder if Amazon is applying a "round to the nearest 10 cents" algorithm to paper prices but not to ebooks?

02-03-2010, 09:14 PM	#3
angelad Groupie Posts: 163 Karma: 64 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: kindle dx	Wait a week or two after release and then compare. Ebooks usually drop in price a little bit.

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