I posted a rather angry rant about this on my blog just now, but here is an example of the "new" pricing of Tor books due to the ebook wars (quote from my rant):
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But wait! It gets even better! Check out the NEW prices before and after the ebook war for Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet (prices pre-war coming from inkmesh, as they still list the prices prior to Amazon's removal last week).
-A Shadow in Summer
--Before: 7.99 at B&N. Pretty sure this was less than 7.99 at Amazon, but cant prove it)
--After: 9.99 at B&N and Amazon.
--Everyone else is 12.43+
-A Betrayal in Winter (amazon prices)
--Before: Not sure for this one, but i think it was 7.19..see price for book 3 below
--After: 14.97
--Note that for some stupid reason, this ebook is Amazon only.
-An Autumn War (amazon prices)
--Before: I have an email proving I paid 7.19 on July 29, 2009
--After: 14.27 (or, DOUBLE what I paid 7 months ago!)
-The Price of Spring: (amazon prices)
--Before: 9.99
--After: 15.39
--NOTE: I paid 15 bucks for this book at Kobo last month..just mentioning, again, that I WILL buy books over 9.99. Heck, I've bought 5 or 6 ebooks over 9.99 since Jan 1, 2010.
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Note also that Bones of the Dragon by Weiss and Hickman was 7.92 before the ebook war, and 14.97 after! Despite the mmp book being published 2 months ago, and the hardcover being in the bargain bin since May 2009.
How are we, as customers, supposed to be happy about the above? Or believe Macmillan actually will lower prices over time?