[CJJ]

I honestly don't get it, I am not be factious here. OK, maybe a little.

I cut through Barnes & Noble on my way into the mall. I see a book I'm interested in. It's a hardcover, marked down to $5.98 from $24.00. I whip out my phone and check to see if there is a digital version.
Why yes there is! At $12.99!! and the price is the same no matter who I buy it from (Amazon, B&N or Google)

So my questions are:

Is it the book store that drops the hard cover price to less than half the ebook? Do they need the publishers permission to do this?

Is anybody making money on the hardcover at $5.98?

Is the cheaper price a reward for removing the clutter of books from B&N and putting it my house? I don't mind. I love reading, I use the library when i can for both digital and print. But I'm not rich. I'm going to go the cheaper route.

So my last question is- Are digital books going to make print books discount faster and cheaper than in the past?


It makes no sense to me. Please educate me. There is obviously something fundamental in the publishing industry I don't understand. That or they're clueless idiots.

P.S. Since I now own this book and can do with it what I may, I'd be happy to mail it to anyone who wants to read it when I'm done (although it's queued behind several books). The book is Spade and Archer by Joe Gores.