Greatest price differential between Kindle book and pbook you've found...

markbot · 11-07-2010, 08:03 PM

The greatest differential between Kindle book price and pbook price so far that I've observed (where Kindle price is higher):

"Atlas Shrugged"
Kindle price is $18.99
Mass market paperback is $9.99 new (free shipping with prime)

desertgrandma · 11-07-2010, 08:08 PM

"The Sherlock Holmes Omnibus"

$19.99 at BN........FREE here.

And the paper version was huge and heavy!

edit............wait........it wasn't a "kindle" book, but it was a paper book! Does that count?

markbot · 11-07-2010, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

"The Sherlock Holmes Omnibus"

$19.99 at BN........FREE here.

And the paper version was huge and heavy!

edit............wait........it wasn't a "kindle" book, but it was a paper book! Does that count?

I should say that I mean the greatest price differential where the kindle book price is higher than the pbook price.

desertgrandma · 11-07-2010, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markbot

I should say that I mean the greatest price differential where the kindle book price is higher than the pbook price.

okay...........never mind.........

sirmaru · 11-07-2010, 10:25 PM

Recently I've seen a lot of Kindle eBook prices just ONE DOLLAR below the Amazon pBook prices. More and more are going that way.

The publishers set prices now. A few months back Amazon set the prices.

Publishers believe more and more that the reader only pays for the READ. The venue of the read is becoming irrelevant.

patrickt · 11-07-2010, 10:32 PM

Ah, you only want to know if the ebook is higher. Interesting. But, I'm not anal enough to go through the books checking. I look at the description of the book, the author, and decide if it's worth the money. I really don't care what it sells for in paperback since there is absolutely no chance I'll buy it in paperback.

robins777 · 11-08-2010, 10:16 AM

In the UK you can buy the (10 book) True Blood Book Collection by Charlaine Harris for £10 on-line from "The Book People" and the same books in Kindle format are £48.90. They also sell several other collections of books which also similarly priced and offer a good saving over the Kindle versions. Plus most supermarkets are selling paperbook for less than the Kindle versions.

HarryT · 11-08-2010, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

"The Sherlock Holmes Omnibus"

$19.99 at BN........FREE here.

Except for the minor consideration that it isn't in the public domain in the US, and you'd be breaking copyright law by downloading it.

The final book in the omnibus, "The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes", is still under copyright protection in the US.

All of Conan Doyle's work is in the public domain pretty much everywhere else.

11-07-2010, 08:03 PM	#1
markbot Guru Posts: 612 Karma: 7511929 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, NY Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2	Greatest price differential between Kindle book and pbook you've found... The greatest differential between Kindle book price and pbook price so far that I've observed (where Kindle price is higher): "Atlas Shrugged" Kindle price is $18.99 Mass market paperback is $9.99 new (free shipping with prime) Last edited by markbot; 11-08-2010 at 06:55 PM.

11-07-2010, 10:25 PM	#5
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Kindle eBook and pBook prices are getting close. Recently I've seen a lot of Kindle eBook prices just ONE DOLLAR below the Amazon pBook prices. More and more are going that way. The publishers set prices now. A few months back Amazon set the prices. Publishers believe more and more that the reader only pays for the READ. The venue of the read is becoming irrelevant.

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11-07-2010, 08:08 PM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	"The Sherlock Holmes Omnibus" $19.99 at BN........FREE here. And the paper version was huge and heavy! edit............wait........it wasn't a "kindle" book, but it was a paper book! Does that count?

11-07-2010, 10:32 PM	#6
patrickt Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 8381518 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Device: Paperwhite 4 X 2	Ah, you only want to know if the ebook is higher. Interesting. But, I'm not anal enough to go through the books checking. I look at the description of the book, the author, and decide if it's worth the money. I really don't care what it sells for in paperback since there is absolutely no chance I'll buy it in paperback.

11-08-2010, 10:16 AM	#7
robins777 Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Wigan UK Device: Kindle 3-- Archos 5 A	In the UK you can buy the (10 book) True Blood Book Collection by Charlaine Harris for £10 on-line from "The Book People" and the same books in Kindle format are £48.90. They also sell several other collections of books which also similarly priced and offer a good saving over the Kindle versions. Plus most supermarkets are selling paperbook for less than the Kindle versions.

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