Thread: Boycott all books over 9.99!!
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Old 02-19-2009, 07:15 PM   #111
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Originally Posted by dirtylc View Post
I was called a troll by some of the kind folks on here and told to go back to the Kindle forum. That being said I thought why not do something a little better and bring the Kindle forum to you, so here are some of my troll friends. enjoy:

mom of 2 says

I'm TOTALLY on board with this, and I hope the word gets out on other Kindle discussion boards. I want to read the Brook Astor book by Meryl Gordon, and it's $15.40!

As others said, the $9.99 pricing was a big selling point to me and justified me spending 400 bucks on what is essentially a luxury item. As soon as Amazon sees that Kindle users are going to pay more, the $9.99 price point will be completely gone. And it's bs that some have said it's a publisher decision. Even if that was the case, Amazon should not agree to carry books at a higher cost.

Jeff Bezos sat there on Oprah talking about the $9.99 what, 8 weeks ago? And thousands of Kindles were sold after her endorsement. Shame on Amazon for the price increases. Let's do it: BOYCOTT KINDLE BOOKS OVER $9.99!
They never promised ALL books would be that price point. I think most of us agree that prices for ebooks are too high but that is a separate issue from your boycott. If you look at the books that are over $9.99, the vast majority are non-fiction books that are considerably more expensive in print. Only 2% of fiction was over $9.99 (usually not by much) and I've never seen one of the promised best sellers and new releases above $9.99. I've heard some people say they've seen books hit the store at slightly higher but they've always been quickly corrected.
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