Thread: potentially very good news for e-books
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Old 02-13-2008, 09:18 AM   #7
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eBooks are going to be a “fringe” segment of book sales until something is done about pricing. For example, I want to buy Obama’s book The Audacity of Hope.
For my Sony reader the price is $13.45.
In Lit format it’s between 12.71 and 13.45 depending on where I buy it.
Mobipocket is 14.95.
The best is Amazon Kindle at 8.97.
But, a paperback at Amazon is $8.22!

Now, convince the general public to spend $300 or more for a reading device so they can pay more for a popular book, and which they cannot move from one device to another, lend to a friend, or use to line the bottom of their bird cage.

Are the manufacturers of eBook devices smiling all the way to the bank and thinking, “These dumb suckers will buy anything if you convince them it’s the latest in technology and put enough ‘gee-wiz’ factor into it.”
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