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Old 08-09-2008, 01:26 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Thanks, Carl,

What you've posted there illustrates what I was saying.

Two books ("Small Favor" and "Mistborn") on your list are certainly cheaper at Amazon at the moment, but I'm sure their prices will fall at the other sites within days - when there are discrepencies like that, the publisher generally adjusts them quickly.

All the others are slightly cheaper with the FW club price than at Amazon. Eg,

"The Lies of Locke Lamora": $5.59 at Amazon, $5.35 at FW.
"American Gods": $6.39 at Amazon, $6.11 at FW.
"Neverwhere": $5.59 at Amazon, $5.35 at FW.

They are, as you see, the same within pennies. If you shop regularly at either store, you'll pay pretty similar prices, with the odd exception.

Thanks for the list!
Remember you need to factor in the $30 a year (assorted price breaks appy), for Fictionwise club membership. At about a $.20 to $.30 difference per book, you'd have to buy an awful lot of books to make up that membership fee and benefit from FW's lower club prices vs. Amazon.

I also don't really care for FW's rebates, honestly. I'd really rather just have lower prices on books. For someone like me who doesn't buy a lot of books at Fictionwise (have bought a few), and who doesn't have a FW membership the prices aren't really any better than Mobipocket.

Now, if FW were to drop the membership fee, and the rebates and actually offer lower prices I'd be all over it. And, they do have a good selection of books. I sometimes find things I'm interested in there, that I don't find at Amazon.
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