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Old 04-14-2012, 11:06 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by RDaneel54 View Post
There is a program now that you can put on your PC to allow you to send directly to your Kindle any document, including non-DRM mobi books. A good example is Baen e-books. I used to send those through e-mail directly to my Kindle, now I download them to my PC and send them to all my Kindle devices at the same time.
I don't think that's really relevant. And still doesn't exactly make the Baen shopping experience equal with the Amazon shopping experience. When I wrote my earlier post, I was on my iPad. I can buy Kindle books on my iPad, and they appear on my Kindle. I can't download anything to my iPad and transfer it from there to my Kindle, because the iPad doesn't work like that. (Although I could get Baen to email the books to my Kindle, as mentioned. I haven't set that up. I'm happy enough to manage the Baen books through my netbook, but it still makes the process less convenient.)

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Originally Posted by RDaneel54 View Post
Speaking of Baen, they sell Robert A. Heinlein books, as does Amazon. Some Amazon has that Baen doesn't, some Baen has that Amazon doesn't, some they both have.

Here's some examples where the "little" guy outprices (in USD) the "big" guy:

Have Spacesuit-Will Travel; Amazon 6.99, Baen 6.00
Citizen of the Galaxy, Amazon 6.75, Baen 6.00
Methuselah's Children, Amazon 6.6.35, Baen 6.00
That surprises me a bit. I thought Amazon would price-match, if they were the same product.

Other vendors can offer bundles and coupons, which allow them to compete indirectly on price. That's pretty much the only reason I've bought anything from Kobo.
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