Thread: Yet another thumb of the nose from publishers
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Old 10-12-2010, 04:27 PM   #111
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
I'll post my price checks again:
Steven Fry's new autobiography is £6.30 Amazon for the Kindle version. At Waterstones it is £14 for the ePub.
Tony Blair's new autobiography is £7 for the Kindle version. At Waterstones it is £15 for the ePub.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is £2.68 Kindle at Amazon. At Waterstones it is £5.50 for the ePub.
Eat Pray Love is £3.11 Kindle at Amazon. At Waterstones it is £8.85 for the ePub.

I think the majority of consumers, if told that store B was charging more than twice as much as store A for an equivalent product would decide that store B was attempting to rip them off, and would not only shop at store A instead for this product, but would form an adverse opinion of store B and be less likely to shop there in the future.
WH Smith
Top 100 e-books usually -50% now -60%
Tony Blair GBP 10.22 (Amazon 7.00)
The girl with the dragon tattoo GBP 3.20 (Amazon 2.68)
Eat Pray Love GBP 3.76 (Amazon 3.11).

I wonder why WH Smith tries to compete with Amazon, while Waterstones does nothing. Perhaps Waterstones is hoping that Hachette succeeds in forcing bookstores to accept the agency model?
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