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Originally Posted by Anarel
I agree with what someone posted earlier about shopping around: there's really no need to considering Amazon has the biggest ebook selection AND the lowest prices. Even post-agency model, Inkmesh still found that Amazon had the lowest prices.
Another thing to think about is that Random House, the biggest US publisher has not signed into the Agency pricing contract. So that means Amazon (who can more afford to take a loss on those books) can price them at whatever they like... Sony and B&N on the other hand.... well THEY can too, but given the Inkmesh numbers pre-agency model time, they either wouldn't or couldn't.
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Fictionwise had a 50% off coupon a few weeks back. Kobo regularly runs a $1 or $2 off coupon deal (admittedly not good on some publishers...the ones I wanted...grrr). Maybe Amazon has the best price selection without sales...but they don't have ebook coupon sales like Kobo or fictionwise. It's kind of like groceries at Walmart - yes, generally, they have the best price, but you can get a better deal on a sale at your local Meijer store (or whatever grocery store for non-Midwesterners).
And sometimes they don't have a book that the other stores do, either.