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AnemicOak · 02-08-2008, 11:03 PM

Screwy prices are pretty typical for Penguin unfortunately. They often "forget" to lower the list price on newer titles when a mass market print version comes out, keeping a price based on the original HC release. The price usually sticks on eReader, LIT & PDF releases since they offer those directly. Interestingly enough the Mobi versions usually get their prices dropped since they're distro'd through Mobi. So you'll see a lot of stuff that at first glance appears to only be available in Mobi format when it is indeed available in all the popular formats. It's just that when they don't drop the price places like Fictionwise keep selling the price dropped Mobi version, but stop selling the other formats until/unless Penguin drops the price on them as well. It's to bad since Penguin has so many labels with popular stuff. I know there's one book I want that's been in MMPB for a year & I can get it for about $7 as a Mobi book, but the LIT will run you $20 if you can find a retailer selling it. Fictionwise dropped it & won't carry it until Penguin gets a clue. Mobile Read needs to set up chats with the ebook departments of some of these publishers so we can ask questions & point things out to them (not that I'm sure it'd help).

In this particular case I'm assuming (& pretty sure I'm right) that they're basing the ebook price on the new Hardcover edition that was released on Tuesday with a list price of $24.95

They've done this with other ebooks of older titles that they've put out at the same time as a new HC or TPB release even though there is a MMPB release and has been for years.

02-08-2008, 11:03 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Screwy prices are pretty typical for Penguin unfortunately. They often "forget" to lower the list price on newer titles when a mass market print version comes out, keeping a price based on the original HC release. The price usually sticks on eReader, LIT & PDF releases since they offer those directly. Interestingly enough the Mobi versions usually get their prices dropped since they're distro'd through Mobi. So you'll see a lot of stuff that at first glance appears to only be available in Mobi format when it is indeed available in all the popular formats. It's just that when they don't drop the price places like Fictionwise keep selling the price dropped Mobi version, but stop selling the other formats until/unless Penguin drops the price on them as well. It's to bad since Penguin has so many labels with popular stuff. I know there's one book I want that's been in MMPB for a year & I can get it for about $7 as a Mobi book, but the LIT will run you $20 if you can find a retailer selling it. Fictionwise dropped it & won't carry it until Penguin gets a clue. Mobile Read needs to set up chats with the ebook departments of some of these publishers so we can ask questions & point things out to them (not that I'm sure it'd help). In this particular case I'm assuming (& pretty sure I'm right) that they're basing the ebook price on the new Hardcover edition that was released on Tuesday with a list price of $24.95 They've done this with other ebooks of older titles that they've put out at the same time as a new HC or TPB release even though there is a MMPB release and has been for years. Last edited by AnemicOak; 02-08-2008 at 11:06 PM.