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Price of eBooks vs pBooks
A message in another thread made me wonder about the price of eBooks vs pBooks.
I live in the UK, and buy most of my eBooks from US based eBook stores (fictionwise.com, webscription.net)
The books at webscription.net are considerably cheaper than the pBook equivalents. This is because they are priced sensibly, and both consumer, publish and author benefit from the reduced per-unit cost of eBooks.
The books at fictionwise aren't the great bargains that webscription books can be, but they are, from a UK point of view, a lot better than buying pBooks from (say) Amazon.co.uk.
I went so far as to add up a recent (big) order from fitionwise, and compare it with the same books from amazon.
The fictionwise order was $300. The Amazon order would have come to £300, which at current exchange rates is $530.
Quite a saving over the printed book equivalent.
I suspect that the savings available to US buyers is less, because printed books are generally cheaper.
Paul
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