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Old 04-20-2012, 08:37 PM   #612
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Originally Posted by MovieBird View Post
Does anybody have any numbers for how BN is pricing differently from Amazon? I keep hearing that BN is going to die because it can't compete with Amazon, but I've not seen drastically different prices in the books I've recently looked at.

I'll admit, the book that started this was $45 more expensive on BN than Amazon.

"Blade Design and Analysis for Steam Turbines" $100 on BN and $55 on Amazon.

However, when I look at some basic fiction, stuff that's more likely to sell, the prices really aren't that different. Is there a website that tracks this stuff in aggregate?

"The Giver" $5.99 although I picked it up for $2.99 as a Nook deal vs. $4.70.

"The Plague" $2.99, could not find it in the Kindle store.

"On the Island" $2.99 & $2.99

"A Matter of Honor" $2.99 & $2.99.

I'll admit, super popular stuff like "The Hunger Games" ($8.99 vs. $5.00)appears to be drastically undercut at Amazon, but I'm more interested in prices across the line.


As an aside, does anyone know if BN drastically changes ePubs that are uploaded to them? I know they go through a "conversion" through PubIt, but does it actually change anything if the incoming file is an ePub? I really don't like the idea of Amazon's proprietary formats messing with the underlying structure of a book; I'm just weird where I want it to look pretty underneath the surface too.
I couldn't figure out why Amazon wouldn't sell a significant book like Camus' The Plague. I downloaded a sample from BN...it was published by eBookEden.com. Strange...I thought that was a Knopf book. Knopf is now part of Random House. RH has the hardcover for sale and an electronic previewer for the book but didn't sell the ebook version. They have it under copyright, not eBookEden.com. Very odd. I started reading the sample from BN and it began as a preview of the book and some biographical information from Camus' life. It's a word-for-word copy of material from Wikipedia. All of it without attribution. Gosh, isn't there a fancy word for that, starts with a P. Oh yeah, plagiarism! Alleged plagiarism, of course.
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