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Originally Posted by Alexander
Edit: Find some more comparisons further down this thread.
Details are sketchy at this point, but "librie guy" from the Yahoo! Librie list managed to take a peak at the forthcoming Sony Connect Store (host currently unavailable), and it appears - well, we didn't expect anything else - that Sony's proprietary e-books will cost you extra.
Example: Alan Dean Foster's The Light Years Beneath My Feet
- Retail hardcover: $23.95
- Amazon hardcover: $16.16
- Amazon Mobipocket e-book: $17.95
- Amazon Adobe Reader e-book: $11.67
- Amazon Microsoft e-book: $11.67
- Sony Connect e-book: $16.16 (includes a 10% "CONNECT discount")
Bottom line, Sony Connect charges for the e-book the same price as Amazon charges for the hardcover paper book. Worse, you can get the same e-book in Adobe Reader or Microsoft format for almost 40 percent less if purchased through Amazon.
With all the talk about Sony Connect becoming the future iTunes store for e-books, we can tell with absolute certainty that given this horrendous pricing model, they are going to fail.
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I agree fully.
Worth noting....
Ereader.com - $14.54 Newsletter price
Fictionwise - $15.26 Club price
So do these fall somewhere north of mid-priced? Would I spend 15+ on a e-book? No. Ten... yes.
I think $9.99 is the sweet spot, with discounted and or back title books a little less.