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SensualPoet · 09-21-2010, 08:04 PM

http://www.amazon.com/Fall-of-Giants...5109678&sr=1-1

You wusses complaining about Ken Follett's Fall of Giants being $19.99 when the hard cover is $19.40. The price to Canadians via Amazon.com Kindle store is $28.80 (US funds). You folks are getting a bargain!

But wait! There's more! If you order in the next five minutes, for an additional $37.56 (US funds), we'll include a 1996 survey of Ken Follett's work, the 200 pg book from Greenwood Press.

http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Follett-Cr...5109524&sr=1-9

All of this, I think, stems from this still being a nascent industry that is disruptive to a long established industry, and is in a growth phase, and where the consumer is also new and generally uninformed. All this means the e-book/e-reader e-ecosystem is likely to be much transformed in 18 months or so. And, bravo to that!

09-21-2010, 08:04 PM	#48
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	http://www.amazon.com/Fall-of-Giants...5109678&sr=1-1 You wusses complaining about Ken Follett's Fall of Giants being $19.99 when the hard cover is $19.40. The price to Canadians via Amazon.com Kindle store is $28.80 (US funds). You folks are getting a bargain! But wait! There's more! If you order in the next five minutes, for an additional $37.56 (US funds), we'll include a 1996 survey of Ken Follett's work, the 200 pg book from Greenwood Press. http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Follett-Cr...5109524&sr=1-9 All of this, I think, stems from this still being a nascent industry that is disruptive to a long established industry, and is in a growth phase, and where the consumer is also new and generally uninformed. All this means the e-book/e-reader e-ecosystem is likely to be much transformed in 18 months or so. And, bravo to that!