To Kill a Mockingbird: Official ebook release - Page 4

JSWolf · 07-08-2014, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Shopaholic

My pre-order was $4.71 as well. How do we get a refund for the difference? Boo!! It's not much, but still.....

One of my libraries has 2 copies with 6 on the waiting list another has 10 copies with 54 on the waiting list.

Call customer service.

AnemicOak · 07-08-2014, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

But we know better then to buy any eBooks from Apple. Even free ones from Apple we don't buy.

Why? I've gotten some good free books from Apple.

JSWolf · 07-09-2014, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Why? I've gotten some good free books from Apple.

Because it looks like you are interested in eBooks from Apple and Apple is a bad idea to get eBooks from since they are the onces that totally messed up a good thing we had going before Agency pricing. We had discounts. We had sales. We had rebates. We had rewards. We had Fictionwise. We had BooksOnBoard.

Now we don't have that like we used to have. So screw Apple and don't even buy free eBooks from them. I just think Apple should be banned from selling eBooks for no less then 10 years.

tubemonkey · 07-09-2014, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Because it looks like you are interested in eBooks from Apple and Apple is a bad idea to get eBooks from since they are the onces that totally messed up a good thing we had going before Agency pricing. We had discounts. We had sales. We had rebates. We had rewards. We had Fictionwise. We had BooksOnBoard.

Now we don't have that like we used to have. So screw Apple and don't even buy free eBooks from them. I just think Apple should be banned from selling eBooks for no less then 10 years.

My boycotts against companies are mostly based on price. I generally never let politics get in the way. If any of the conspirators offer free books, I have no qualms about getting them.

AnemicOak · 07-09-2014, 12:32 AM

We might not have gotten agency in the exact form we did without Apple in the mix, but I'm highly doubtful things would have stayed 100% status quo even if they never got into ebooks. Fictionwise was likely eventually doomed the second the Pendergasts sold to B&N.

ElspethB · 07-09-2014, 12:19 PM

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My pre-order was $4.71 as well. How do we get a refund for the difference? Boo!! It's not much, but still.....

I just found out about the price drop at Amazon while reading this thread. I was so annoyed that I returned my (pre-ordered) copy of TKaM and also sent this feedback:

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I just wanted to explain why I returned my Kindle version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Like many people, I was excited to learn in April that there would finally be a Kindle version of this classic book. I pre-ordered the book, knowing that if the price dropped between the time I placed my order and the time the ebook was released, my charge would drop accordingly. The book was delivered on July 8, and the charge was $4.71 plus tax. Imagine my surprise when I learned that less than a day after the book was released, the price dropped to $3.95!

I know it's a difference of only 76 cents, but I felt like I was cheated. From now on I will not bother to pre-order any Kindle books in case this is Amazon's new practice.

As for To Kill a Mockingbird, I guess I'll just re-read my paper copy.

HarryT · 07-09-2014, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ElspethB

I just found out about the price drop at Amazon while reading this thread. I was so annoyed that I returned my (pre-ordered) copy of TKaM and also sent this feedback:

Why are you blaming Amazon? They don't set the price. The publisher sets the price.

drjenkins · 07-09-2014, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Why are you blaming Amazon? They don't set the price. The publisher sets the price.

Kindle price $3.95
Nook book price $8.99

Who sets the price that wildly different at two vendors? The publisher at Amazon and Barnes & Noble is HarperCollins Publishers.

ElspethB · 07-09-2014, 01:05 PM

+1 to drjenkins

In any case, my post wasn't intended to "blame" Amazon so much as to point out a poor business practice when it comes to pre-orders. And also to let other folks in the same boat know that they can return it for a full-refund and buy it again at the reduced price, if they so desire.

HarryT · 07-09-2014, 01:47 PM

I was referring to your statement that this was "Amazon's new practice". It's absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Amazon.

peachiekene · 07-09-2014, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Just a reminder that this came out today.

Quite a price variation in the US...

Kobo, eBooks.com & OmniLit are $10.99
B&N is $4.71
Google & Amazon are $3.95

I had it on preorder for $4.71, but then I didn't have enough funds in my account (Forgot to move the money over

) and it cancelled my order and I was able to grab it for the lower price. Only $.72 difference, but I like it when I make an error and it goes in my favor. :P
Rereading the book right now!

I'd have been quite annoyed if I discovered the lower price after preordering it and the money going through, though. Not sure what the thought process was there. O_O

Nothing wrong with returning it and grabbing it at the lower price. I thought the whole point of a preorder was to lock in the lowest possible price. At least that's the only reason I've ever preordered something. ^^;

AnemicOak · 07-09-2014, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Why are you blaming Amazon? They don't set the price. The publisher sets the price.

HarperCollins set the list price. Amazon (& others) are discounting it so they are setting the street price. Otherwise the pricing would be more consistent from vendor to vendor.

j.p.s · 07-09-2014, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ElspethB

I just found out about the price drop at Amazon while reading this thread. I was so annoyed that I returned my (pre-ordered) copy of TKaM and also sent this feedback:

Did the price drop before the release, at the release, or after the release?

If after, (perhaps to price match), then that's just the way things went. But if before or at release, then I am annoyed. I never got confirmation of order or notification of availability for download, but it did show up on my kindle.

HarryT · 07-09-2014, 04:29 PM

It dropped after release. The day after.

j.p.s · 07-09-2014, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It dropped after release. The day after.

Thanks.

In that case, I don't see any valid basis for annoyance.

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07-09-2014, 12:32 AM	#50
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	We might not have gotten agency in the exact form we did without Apple in the mix, but I'm highly doubtful things would have stayed 100% status quo even if they never got into ebooks. Fictionwise was likely eventually doomed the second the Pendergasts sold to B&N.

07-09-2014, 01:05 PM	#54
ElspethB Passionate Reader Posts: 276 Karma: 1829152 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Central Jersey, USA Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, Kobo Clara HD, Fire HD 8, Voyage, Oasis 3, PW5	+1 to drjenkins In any case, my post wasn't intended to "blame" Amazon so much as to point out a poor business practice when it comes to pre-orders. And also to let other folks in the same boat know that they can return it for a full-refund and buy it again at the reduced price, if they so desire.

07-09-2014, 01:47 PM	#55
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I was referring to your statement that this was "Amazon's new practice". It's absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Amazon.

07-09-2014, 04:29 PM	#59
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It dropped after release. The day after.