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Originally Posted by jessicalynn
Very interesting article. I thought it was funny how the publishers think that if bookstores disappear, backlist sales will be hurt. If they really wanted to increase their sales of backlist books, they would make them all available as ebooks at a reasonable price (say $5?).
I was looking into buying an ebook version of Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (one of my favorite authors). The book was originally published in 1996, but the ebook version is $12.99 on Amazon. $12.99! For a book that was originally published 15 years ago! I would have bought it for $5-7, but not for $12.99! (Penguin is her publisher btw.)
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You can get it much cheaper at Amazon.
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Practical Magic [Mass Market Paperback]
Alice Hoffman (Author)
...............azon Price New from Used from
Kindle Edition -- $12.99 --
Expand Hardcover -- $9.73 $0.01
Expand Paperback -- $1.49 $0.01
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Just add $3.99 to these costs (hard or paper bound books) for shipping.
You can generally get most any book you want for
$4.00 from Amazon a few months after it comes out.
One interesting thing is that the hardcover books since they come out first will for a time be lower in price used then the paperback.
I prefer the paperback since it is smaller, lighter and easier to store. I usually just read it once, and recycle it back to the thrift store, or if I really like it store it for a while until I recycle it. (I am in a culling mode right now.!)