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Thank you for the responses but I think we're talking two completely separate arguments. You're referring to the lack of availability of certain books in the e-format (I think?). I'm referring to the pricing of books which ARE available.
So, to take your points - well, firstly I have posted this under a specific kind of reader's heading so we could assume that we are all after the same kind of format in this thread.
Secondly, if we assume that we cannot ever agree on "popular titles", then that would imply that book groups could never work - and we know they do.
Thirdly, online books are now essentially commodities, given that the differential add-ons offered by bricks-and-mortar books stores (such as coffee shops, free gift wrap, etc) are not available. This means price should be the only differentiator, yet it varies hugely. I think that if a consensus of purchasers - even a few people - publicly identified the cheapest source of such a commodity, then the suppliers of that commodity might take notice.
dh, I'm not sure why you're inferring that I have a "complaint" - I don't. "Buy the cheapest ... " is exactly what I would like to do, yet it took me a considerable time to find the cheapest and this is not a consistent experience - one online seller is not consistently cheapest. So what I'm seeking is a quick and easy way of finding the cheapest version of an already-available title (a bit like cheap flight engines do).
But I'll take that as a "no", anyway :-)
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