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Clytie · 05-10-2010, 05:30 AM

Hmm... a bit puzzled here. Using Inkmesh, I looked up the first book of a series of which I have volumes 2-4 (I hadn't previously seen it available in ebook), so it's not a recent book. Inkmesh gave me a list of retailers who had the ebook, with Amazon at the top at $6.39 (~ AUD $7.20).

However, Amazon shows a price of $8.29. Is this disparity the cost of getting the ebook "wirelessly delivered to your Kindle", which in my case would be an app on my Mac or iPhone?

I'm actually considering using the Kindle app., despite my objections to Amazon killing the Mobipocket reader, but I'm not sure about the price disparity and nebulousness of the book file. I can't find anything in the Kindle Help which tells me why the book might cost more than the conversion, and where the book file exists on my filesystem.

Thanks for any light you might shed on my confusion.

05-10-2010, 05:30 AM	#14
Clytie Bookworm Posts: 62 Karma: 2200 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Australia Device: iPad2	Hmm... a bit puzzled here. Using Inkmesh, I looked up the first book of a series of which I have volumes 2-4 (I hadn't previously seen it available in ebook), so it's not a recent book. Inkmesh gave me a list of retailers who had the ebook, with Amazon at the top at $6.39 (~ AUD $7.20). However, Amazon shows a price of $8.29. Is this disparity the cost of getting the ebook "wirelessly delivered to your Kindle", which in my case would be an app on my Mac or iPhone? I'm actually considering using the Kindle app., despite my objections to Amazon killing the Mobipocket reader, but I'm not sure about the price disparity and nebulousness of the book file. I can't find anything in the Kindle Help which tells me why the book might cost more than the conversion, and where the book file exists on my filesystem. Thanks for any light you might shed on my confusion.