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Originally Posted by Amothea
So far the only online book store I've been happy with using multiple times is the Baen ebook store. I LOVE that the books are reasonably priced about 4-6 dollars. But most importantly I love that you can re-download your purchases in a variety of formats. So if you end up not liking the way the LIT version looks, you have the option to try the RTF/HTML/LRF/MOBI and etc....
I got a book from booksonboard and had issues with the formatting of the PRC copy, (which was DRM protected) and would have had to pay again just to try the LIT copy.
Every online ebook store I've seen has that business model except for Baen. Which is the main reason I spend more of my money at Baen. I like the flexiblity of their online store. I don't feel as worried that the books I purchase there will someday be unreadable on my Sony PRS-505.
I think pricing ebooks from 2-6 dollars is fair. 6 being for the newer books, and the lower price would be for older/out of print.
Most people, including me would prefer just paying the 2-6 dollar range because going through the darknet and downloading the same book 10 times trying to find a decent copy takes a lot of time and at this point I have more money than time. But to save 12- 22 dollars, I've been spending my time at the darknet instead.
I get that publishers need to get paid and I do appreciate a good editor but charging over 20 dollars for an electronic book that's been in print over 10 years is a bit much. That and I can't find some titles on any ebook store so I have to use the darknet to find Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy. (but the copies totally suck over there, though I guess it's still better than nothing)
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On Fictionwise, if you purchase their "Multiformat" books, you can choose from several formats, redownload in formats other than your initial DL & I believe are DRM free.