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Originally Posted by pdurrant
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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ebook prices, (I buy mostly from Amazon), are considerably cheaper than pbooks in the US as well, if you're talking purchasing new books. Even from Costco, a pbook costs $4-5 higher than the same ebook from Amazon.
We do have lots of smaller used book outlets, however where you can purchase pbooks very reasonably. Of course for many of us in the U.S., the best deal in town are ebooks available for checkout (free) from our public libraries.
cheers