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Originally Posted by everklear
I'm looking at "The Hunger Games" set by Suzanne Collins which I think might be a good read for both myself and my kids.
Currently at Kobo store:
Book 1: $5
Book 2: $9
Book 3: $9
Price for set bought individually: $23
Price for set bought as a single collected edition: $27.
That's great. Very sensible. Add that to the fact that the first three hits on a search for "Suzanne Collins Hunger Games" are not books by Suzanne Collins.
Meanwhile, over at Amazon Kindle store:
Book 1: $5
Book 2: $7.40
Book 3: $5.80
Price for set bought individually: $18.20
Price for set bought as a single collected edition: $19
Still not sensible, in terms of the discrepancy between the indiviudual prices and the price of the collection, but a lot closer.
So why would I spend $23 or $27 at Kobo when I can have the same thing for just over $18 at Amazon?
I'd rather have the Kobo editions for my Kobo reader, but the Amazon version is not a challenge to read on the Kobo either. I do it all the time.
If I decide to buy the books, it's no contest. For a difference of a dollar or two, I'd go ahead with the Kobo versions. For $5 difference I'll go to Amazon.
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I think they follow the Walmart philosophy..... Lower prices only when its convienient. Walmart is the same for groceries example would be 6 bags of microwave propcorn at 2.87 10 bags of microwave popcorn 6.87 do the math 12 bags in two boxes total is cheaper!
Does anyone remember when ebooks were reasonalbly prices around 4.99 a book. The lack of actual deforestation make these books 100 percent enviro friendly as opposed to an actual print book where you must use, ink, paper, actual shipping costs for those materials, shipping costs for the stores that purchase the books, and all that means those books cost big dollars to make. The actual printing cost of an Ebook seems to me is zero dollars, not taking into account the revenue generated for the Author who I respect needs to get paid. What is wrong with corporate greed when the avg Ebook now costs almost as much as a hard copy of a first edition print?
Jack