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Morbius · 10-09-2006, 12:01 PM

Having had the Reader for a little over a week now, and having gone through everything it came loaded with, I am now taking a more serious look at the content on the Connect Store. Of course, I'd like to see alot more titles there, but the thing that's becoming the biggest concern for me is what I saw someone else post in another thread...that complaint being that many of the titles there are being sold at just slightly less than the HARD COVER price you'd pay at somewhere like Amazon, rather than being sold at closer to the paperback price!

As I think the other posted said, it seems ludicrous to sell an ebook for near the same price a publisher charges for their most expensive hard back edition. If the only printed version of a book out is hard cover, then yes, I guess I can see charging close to that price for the ebook...if you want it that early on, and the only other alternative is the hard cover version, then it sort of makes sense that they could charge CLOSE to that price for an ebook version, actually a little less. But for anything that also has a paperback version out, then I would think the ebook version should be CLOSE to that, actually a little less.

I really am having a hard time making myself believe I should spend $15-$20 dollars or more for alot of these ebooks, when I could go buy the paperback version for $6-$10 dollars or less! Is this just me being cheap, or shouldn't we expect a better pricing on these ebooks?!?

10-09-2006, 12:01 PM	#1
Morbius Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	OK, starting to get a little peeved at the Connect Store pricing... Having had the Reader for a little over a week now, and having gone through everything it came loaded with, I am now taking a more serious look at the content on the Connect Store. Of course, I'd like to see alot more titles there, but the thing that's becoming the biggest concern for me is what I saw someone else post in another thread...that complaint being that many of the titles there are being sold at just slightly less than the HARD COVER price you'd pay at somewhere like Amazon, rather than being sold at closer to the paperback price! As I think the other posted said, it seems ludicrous to sell an ebook for near the same price a publisher charges for their most expensive hard back edition. If the only printed version of a book out is hard cover, then yes, I guess I can see charging close to that price for the ebook...if you want it that early on, and the only other alternative is the hard cover version, then it sort of makes sense that they could charge CLOSE to that price for an ebook version, actually a little less. But for anything that also has a paperback version out, then I would think the ebook version should be CLOSE to that, actually a little less. I really am having a hard time making myself believe I should spend $15-$20 dollars or more for alot of these ebooks, when I could go buy the paperback version for $6-$10 dollars or less! Is this just me being cheap, or shouldn't we expect a better pricing on these ebooks?!?