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Originally Posted by MsPH
Am I the only one perturbed about Sony's ebooks prices? They much more expensive than B&N and Amazon.  |
But if you can't (readily) read books from B&N and Amazon on your Sony Reader, why bother to compare? All it's going to do is aggravate you.
When I need a new book, my first try is to see if it's available in one of the Overdrive libraries I'm a member of (the best part of being a Sony Reader owner, I think). If it's not there, I typically shop between the Sony ebookstore, Books On Board, and sometimes Waterstone's to find the best price (ebookprice.info is also a big help).
Yes, if a book isn't a new release, bestseller, or written by a popular author, Sony is typically higher than Amazon Kindle prices (I rarely look at B&N's site). As the previous poster mentioned, Sony's key business isn't as a bookseller like the other two; it's something they do to support their digital reader business .I agree they do a shoddy job at it, which makes their committment to the ePub format even more wonderful. However, I don't think the Sony Reader's primary value is based on offering the cheapest eBook prices, so I'm okay with paying a little more occasionally for books and receiving other benefits not available on other readers.
Just my $.02!