I've had some time to check out Christian Book Distributor's (CBD) ebook section and the CBD Reader for a few days now. I have to say that I'm thrilled & impressed! I went through my wishlist on the Sony Reader Store site and compared prices with over 20 different titles and most all were selling below the Sony Store price or were the same price. I only found a few that sold for more (will explain further).
I'll just list some examples:
Jesus Lives by Sarah Young- Sony price $13.49, CBD price $ 9.69
How Can a Good God Let Bad Things Happen? by Mark Tabb- Sony price $8.99, CBD price $7.99
Bringing Up Girls by Dr. James Dobson- Sony price $18.19, CBD price $14.29
Bible Answers For Almost All of Your Questions by Elmer Towns- Sony price $11.89, CBD price $9.99
If My People... by Jack Countryman- Sony price $2.84, CBD price $2.39
All of the titles in the Lynn Austin "Gods and Kings" novels- Sony price $12.59, CBD price $9.29 or 9.69
The Message New Testament with Psalms- Sony price $7.59, CBD price $6.39
The Message Concordance- Sony price$ 13.49, CBD price $9.69
The Message For Each Day- Sony price $13.49, CBD price $ 9.69
Amplified Bible- $9.99 same price both sites
Exercising Your Soul by Gary Jansen- $9.99 same price both sites
The Story by Dennis Okholm- $11.99 same price both sites
Praying the Scriptures For Your Children by Jodie Berndt- $9.99 same price both sites
Where I found discrepencies was when looking at Beth Moore titles. If they were published by B & H Publishers, the price was higher on CBD, but if they were published by Thomas Nelson Publishing, the price was lower on CBD.
Other thoughts:
I was very pleased to find several titles by Stormie Omartian (that I had been wanting!) on the CBD site, that were not on Sony's site, although not all of the books on my Sony Store wishlist were available at CBD as ebooks.
They
do offer free ebooks for download!
And I was most impressed by the large samples you can read before purchasing an ebook, something I always found lacking on Sony's site!
*Oh! And they now take PayPal, which I was also thrilled about!
I received this email from them yesterday and thought I would pass it along.
They are looking for feedback, so I would encourage you to check out their ebook selection and their CBD Reader and give them your feedback!
Quote:
Our email records indicate that you've previously asked about the
possibility we'd be offering eBooks. A few days ago you may have already
received a general email announcement, and if so, we apologize for what
may seem like a duplicate notification. However, due to your prior
interest, we're following up with a more personal message announcing
this new service on our web site
eBooks are now available for purchase on Christianbook.com. Here's the
direct link to that new portion of our web site:
http://www.christianbook.com/ebooks
Our customers will be able to read their eBooks on a variety of
computers and devices, including PC and Mac computers, iPhone and Droid
smartphones, the iPad, and eReader devices that support reading of
eBooks in the ePub format, including the SonyŽ Reader, nook?, or Kobo
Reader?. Please note *Kindle? not included due to its proprietary
format.
You'll find further information about eBooks via links included on the
eBook page accessed via the link above, including one for Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs). There's even a link that will allow you to "Try
Free eBooks" on the FREE CBD READER.
Since our eBook store is brand new, so we were hoping we could take a
few moments of your time to gain some feedback if and when you proceed
to try out the new service and purchase one or more eBook titles.
We would love to hear what your experience was like purchasing your
eBook through Christianbook.com, and whether you chose to read your
eBook on our CBD Reader, on a device you already own, or both. We hope you'll enjoy this new service and product format from
Christianbook.com !
Your friends at CBD
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