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Nakor · 03-04-2010, 04:02 AM

Old eBooks seem easy enough to get at a reasonable price, but hunting down new ones at a tolerable cost is proving to be a pain.

Case in point, my current goal: The Sable Quean by Brian Jacques.

The cheapest price is a $9.99US off Barnes & Noble... who can't sell it outside the states.

Next is Amazon.com at $11.99US... who would like to charge me an extra $2 for the wireless transfer I won't be using. (I don't even own a Kindle.) Transfer via computer? Not even listed as an option. Select Kindle for PC, which is basically the same as transfer via computer? Still charging $2 extra.

After that the price goes up, up, up. BooksonBoard wants $14.61US, and Fictionwise wants $23.99US!

I can get the hardcover for $18.81CDN lol.

And honestly, I'm not going to be convinced to buy the hardcover due to all this... I never buy hardcovers. Not just because of the price (though that's part of it - I can't afford to drop $18.81 per book), but because of the space they take up. I'll just end up waiting my turn for it at the local library and maybe (maybe) buy it much later when the prices aren't atrocious. How does any of this runaround benefit anyone at all?

03-04-2010, 04:02 AM	#1
Nakor Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 511602 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: BC, Canada Device: Aluratek Libre	New eBooks are a hard buy Old eBooks seem easy enough to get at a reasonable price, but hunting down new ones at a tolerable cost is proving to be a pain. Case in point, my current goal: The Sable Quean by Brian Jacques. The cheapest price is a $9.99US off Barnes & Noble... who can't sell it outside the states. Next is Amazon.com at $11.99US... who would like to charge me an extra $2 for the wireless transfer I won't be using. (I don't even own a Kindle.) Transfer via computer? Not even listed as an option. Select Kindle for PC, which is basically the same as transfer via computer? Still charging $2 extra. After that the price goes up, up, up. BooksonBoard wants $14.61US, and Fictionwise wants $23.99US! I can get the hardcover for $18.81CDN lol. And honestly, I'm not going to be convinced to buy the hardcover due to all this... I never buy hardcovers. Not just because of the price (though that's part of it - I can't afford to drop $18.81 per book), but because of the space they take up. I'll just end up waiting my turn for it at the local library and maybe (maybe) buy it much later when the prices aren't atrocious. How does any of this runaround benefit anyone at all?