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basschick · 03-12-2009, 03:24 AM

*sigh*

i just went to buy a book by charlaine harris. at BoB it's $7.59 in adobe, microsoft and ereader - in mobi, it's $22.75. at fictionwise it's only available in adobe and microsoft. so i wrote to the publisher, who will send me another form letter, and posted on the author's board. and now i have to decide if i want to spend my money in a way that validates the publisher and distributor's pricing, which i really don't want to do.

my options are to not read the book, which is disappointing, or buy a reader that reads another format - and not a sony as it isn't available for sony - just for the books they won't make reasonably available in mobi. or to buy the book in paperback, and at the moment, i REALLY don't feel like spending my money in a way that's being forced on me.

03-12-2009, 03:24 AM	#21
basschick Wizard Posts: 1,096 Karma: 4695691 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	sigh i just went to buy a book by charlaine harris. at BoB it's $7.59 in adobe, microsoft and ereader - in mobi, it's $22.75. at fictionwise it's only available in adobe and microsoft. so i wrote to the publisher, who will send me another form letter, and posted on the author's board. and now i have to decide if i want to spend my money in a way that validates the publisher and distributor's pricing, which i really don't want to do. my options are to not read the book, which is disappointing, or buy a reader that reads another format - and not a sony as it isn't available for sony - just for the books they won't make reasonably available in mobi. or to buy the book in paperback, and at the moment, i REALLY don't feel like spending my money in a way that's being forced on me. Last edited by basschick; 03-12-2009 at 03:26 AM.