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Here is what drives me crazy.
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11) (Hardcover)
by Jim Butcher (Author)
List Price: $25.95
Price: $16.52 & eligible for free shipping with Amazon Prime
You Save: $9.43 (36%)
Turn Coat (Kindle Edition)
by Jim Butcher (Author)
Digital List Price: $25.95
Kindle Price: $14.27 & includes wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet
You Save: $11.68 (45%)
Assuming that the quoted list prices are correct, then the publisher's list price for both the digital and print edition is $25.95. That is simply batpoo INSANE. Not $9.99 vs. $14.27 -- but the fact that the publisher actually thinks that the retail price of the print and ebooks should be identical, despite all the additional costs associated with a print book and all the disadvantages of an ebook (particularly and especially as compared to a hardcover, the lack of resale value). I'm not blaming Amazon, I'm placing the blame squarely where it belongs -- the publisher.
Now with that said, the bottom line for me is that I think an ebook should cost some significant amount less than the print book, and experience shows me that within a couple of weeks of release, the ebook price will probably drop to $9.99. So I'm going to wait -- not to participate in a boycott or make a statement, but to satisfy myself that I'm actually getting a decent value for my money, and in this particular case, the price point for that is $9.99.
Next time? Well, that may be different.
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