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coleman · 11-09-2008, 02:13 PM

It's not just the selection that's a problem it's the cost. Though I guess that's at least partly the publishers fault, Sony is either not working that hard or is just getting boned by them.

I bought a softcover book in the book store today, it was the standard 8$. The same book for Kindle was around 50 cents cheaper. The same book from the Sony store was about 17$. Seriously, I can't justify that kind of price difference just to read it on my reader. And all the other books by this author were reasonably priced, or at least at price parity with the softcovers.

11-09-2008, 02:13 PM	#200
coleman Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 38 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Android tablets and phones, Windows tablet, Kobo Aura One	It's not just the selection that's a problem it's the cost. Though I guess that's at least partly the publishers fault, Sony is either not working that hard or is just getting boned by them. I bought a softcover book in the book store today, it was the standard 8$. The same book for Kindle was around 50 cents cheaper. The same book from the Sony store was about 17$. Seriously, I can't justify that kind of price difference just to read it on my reader. And all the other books by this author were reasonably priced, or at least at price parity with the softcovers.