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Inkmesh Pricing Question
I used my one hour free Nook reading session at B&N checking out a mystery I saw while browsing the shelves today. After my session expired I was hooked and ready to make the purchase, but did not right then and there.
To DL the eBook from B&N was the same cost as the paperback -- $7.99. I felt that price was too high so waited until I got home to check out pricing online using Inkmesh. Inkmesh showed a cheaper price at Amazon, and yet when I clicked through to the Amazon site both the paperback and the eBook were $7.99 just like at B&N and Borders and Sony and Kobo Stores. Any clue why Inkmesh had a lower price listed? If I clicked through and made the purchase at Amazon.com would the price and dropped in my cart? Could this have been a one day or two sale and Inkmesh just had not updated their system yet? Anyone have any experience or knowledge in this area? Thanks for reading. BTW the book is "Ghost Ship" by PJ Alderman! |
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I've found inkmesh pricing extremely unreliable as well. Depending on your location (I'm in Europe) it's usually a higher price they're asking (in addition to the usual "f*ck off, we're not selling to you" issues). Either way, the Ghost Ship is listed at £4 at whsmith.co.uk which is about $6.5 at current rates.
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Later last night I went to Kobo to make the purchase intending to use a coupon I had only to be thwarted again with the message that "the publisher does not allow promo codes" Argh. Needless to say I just bit the bullet and paid full price. Is there a thread you can point me too that explains the poiltics of "Agency Pricing" situation. I need to be schooled in this. Thanks again to all that replied. |
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If you notice any inaccurate pricing then email Inkmesh so they can remedy it - I've done that on a couple of occasions and they've sorted the out any irregularity ....
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What bugs me about Inkmesh is that they seem to neglect to include Barnes & Noble on a lot of titles that are indeed available there.
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New John Sargent blog post on e-book pricing In a nutshell, in the US this includes the 6 major publishers: Random House, Macmillan, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin and Simon & Schuster. The publishers set the price at all stores and no coupons, rebates, sales or discounts are allowed on their books. In most cases prices were raised. This started on April 1, 2010 (very appropriate timing), except for Random House, who held back until March of this year. Gradually spreading now to other countries as well. Retailers are still allowed to discount paper books, so many times the paper book will be less than the ebook for the same title. Well explained by Macmillan CEO in his blogs: Quote:
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Thanks very much for the links. I aslo found this one below just before checking in for replies: it gave me an overview.
http://dmarron.com/2010/08/03/three-...-and-antitrust |
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I too have found Inkmesh prices to be extremely unreliable lately. I don't know how they get them, but for a book I purchased yesterday, it showed prices ranging from $7.69 to $14.99, but when I clicked through, it was $9.99 in very store I checked.
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I've noticed this too, but am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt - the B&N search engine is NOTORIOUSLY unreliable. It doesn't even allow you to search by ISBN, which is........ odd for a site that sells largely books. (Unless they've changed that in the last couple of months since I checked.)
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