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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Well, it seems that PPP are no longer selling e-books directly via their site as far as I can tell from the lack of "add to basket" on their listings any more.
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Here's a partial explanation from their "Promos" page. They don't come right out and say that they aren't selling through their own site anymore, but it seems pretty clearly implied.
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Here’s our first batch of FREE e-books!
We’re doing our best to make them free everywhere, but not everyone will completely cooperate. If you buy one of these e-books for an iPad/iPhone or anyother device through the Apple iTunes store then they’re completely, absolutely, totally free, as in $0.00.
It turns out that Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon all force us to set the price to no less than $.99, but if enough of you click on the link, “tell us about a lower price,” on Amazon.com just above Customer Reviews, at the bottom of Product Details then I’ve been told that Amazon will fairly quickly price-match. I haven’t seen or heard of a way at Kobo or BN to do the same, but if someone discovers one, please let me know so I can pass it on.
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http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/discover-mystery/
Edit: And, I mostly don't really mind giving them $0.99 even for a "trial" book. They publish lots of series that I like, and seem to be really trying to make e-books work well - nicely edited, DRM-free, a couple of formats (although not now that they're not selling through their own site), quick customer service. A couple of series that I kind of go "eaaah" on, I appreciate the total freebie to try it out, but usually $0.99 is good enough for me.