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It's not so simple -- pricing -- and ebooks usually win on both price and availability. Take Stephen Fry in Canada. I can buy an ePub from kobobooks, a Kindle from Amazon, a paper edition from Indigo (largest Canadian book chain) or online from amazon.ca.
New Books
Stephen Fry in America - Harper Collins 2010
$20.09 kobobooks • $15.39 ebook amazon
paper n/a amazon • $29.69 hardcover Indigo; trade n/a • Indigo in store $44.99
The Fry Chronicles - Penguin 2010
$17.59 kobobooks • ebook n/a amazon
$31.62 hardcover amazon, trade n/a • n/a paper Indigo
Backlist Books
The Liar - Random House 1991
$8.69 kobobooks • $8.12 ebook amazon
$10.80 trade amazon • n/a paper Indigo
The Hippopotamus - Random House 1994
$8.69 kobobooks • $8.67 ebook amazon
n/a paper amazon • n/a paper Indigo
As you can see, kobobooks does very well in terms of price and availability. But, new books are definitely too expensive!
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