April $1.00 Orbit book and another deal - Page 2

AnemicOak · 04-01-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Over

If Diesel can lower the mobipocket price, I wonder why can't BoB.

Good question. Maybe the Diesel version is distributed by Overdrive (not sure who Diesel uses) and that distro lowered the price while the BoB version is distributed by Mobipocket and Mobi hasn't lowered the price? Otherwise I'm not sure what the deal is?

DaleDe · 04-01-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Good question. Maybe the Diesel version is distributed by Overdrive (not sure who Diesel uses) and that distro lowered the price while the BoB version is distributed by Mobipocket and Mobi hasn't lowered the price? Otherwise I'm not sure what the deal is?

dealers can sell for whatever price they like. Of course, they would like to make a profit, I suppose. mobi's price is publisher list and since they are a distributer also they hold that price but Dealer's are not bound. They mark up from the wholesale price.

Dale

AnemicOak · 04-01-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

dealers can sell for whatever price they like. Of course, they would like to make a profit, I suppose. mobi's price is publisher list and since they are a distributer also they hold that price but Dealer's are not bound. They mark up from the wholesale price.

Dale

Yes, I know. The question was more one of maybe one distributor participating in the promotion and one not. I was just throwing it out as a possible reason for the price difference between the two sellers.

snape · 04-01-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by deety

But I'm skeptical of all those glowing Goodreads reviews, because most of them are written by users who have only reviewed that one book...

FYI, Jack Kilborn is J.A. (Joe) Konrath's pseudonym. I've read a lot of Joe's work, both his Lt. Jacqueline Daniels series (Whiskey Sour, etc.), as well as his horror stuff. I think he's quite talented, and I'm stoked to start Afraid. Be warned that he doesn't shy away from blood and guts when working in the horror genre - I wouldn't classify his work as "extreme" horror, but it's certainly unflinching.

YMMV, of course.

deety · 04-01-2009, 11:38 PM

Thanks for giving a more trustworthy opinion about the author's style!

Horror is very much my thing, but I've almost completely defected to movies because most contemporary horror fiction is badly-written crap. (Of course that also goes for a lot of the movies, but you can drink a few beers and laugh through a bad movie with friends.) The book sounded really interesting, but I got discouraged by those sketchy reviews. Of course I'm still less-than-thrilled about my beloved GoodReads getting a dose of what seems like marketing...

CheriePie · 04-02-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Good question. Maybe the Diesel version is distributed by Overdrive (not sure who Diesel uses) and that distro lowered the price while the BoB version is distributed by Mobipocket and Mobi hasn't lowered the price? Otherwise I'm not sure what the deal is?

Diesel uses Mobi. I know this for a fact after talking to customer support about a book link which linked to the wrong book.

AnemicOak · 04-02-2009, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by CheriePie

Diesel uses Mobi. I know this for a fact after talking to customer support about a book link which linked to the wrong book.

Ok, so I guess BoB just isn't dropping the price for some reason. It was just an idea.

Archergal5219 · 04-02-2009, 02:24 PM

Previous books in the Orbit series were also availabe for $1 from Fictionwise. Anybody know why this new one isn't available there?

Over · 04-03-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Ok, so I guess BoB just isn't dropping the price for some reason. It was just an idea.

I think the reason is obvious. Mobi is much more popular than PDFs. At least when we're talking about eReaders. And who spends 100s of €/$ in a eReader, can very well pay some extra for eBooks. So BoB is milking us.

birdbrainbb · 04-03-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Archergal5219

Previous books in the Orbit series were also availabe for $1 from Fictionwise. Anybody know why this new one isn't available there?

I'm wondering that, too! I wanted to use some of my Micropay on it.

AnemicOak · 04-03-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Archergal5219

Previous books in the Orbit series were also availabe for $1 from Fictionwise. Anybody know why this new one isn't available there?

Not sure, but FW has a habit of only updating on Mondays so maybe it'll be reduced at that time.

CleverClothe · 04-03-2009, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Not sure, but FW has a habit of only updating on Mondays so maybe it'll be reduced at that time.

Yup, they do updates on Mondays.

koland · 04-06-2009, 03:22 PM

Fictionwise has finally added Winterbirth for $ (less with club and rebates). The book's description page does NOT show the price (yet), just add it to your cart. No matter what it claims is available, or your preference, you MUST choose ereader format (the only format it is available in, at all, at FW, for now). Then check out - I paid 85 cents, with two rebates totaling 13 cents.

birdbrainbb · 04-06-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by koland

Fictionwise has finally added Winterbirth for $ (less with club and rebates). The book's description page does NOT show the price (yet), just add it to your cart. No matter what it claims is available, or your preference, you MUST choose ereader format (the only format it is available in, at all, at FW, for now). Then check out - I paid 85 cents, with two rebates totaling 13 cents.

Woohoo, finally! Thanks for letting us know; I've been checking the site every few hours hoping it'd show up.

Over · 04-07-2009, 04:55 AM

BoB solved the discrepancy in prices by... Removing the mobi version. LOL?

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04-01-2009, 11:38 PM	#20
deety book geek Posts: 51 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Kindle 2	Thanks for giving a more trustworthy opinion about the author's style! Horror is very much my thing, but I've almost completely defected to movies because most contemporary horror fiction is badly-written crap. (Of course that also goes for a lot of the movies, but you can drink a few beers and laugh through a bad movie with friends.) The book sounded really interesting, but I got discouraged by those sketchy reviews. Of course I'm still less-than-thrilled about my beloved GoodReads getting a dose of what seems like marketing...

04-02-2009, 02:24 PM	#23
Archergal5219 Semi-retired semi-hero Posts: 64 Karma: 768 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Palm Zire71, EEE PC901, Sony PRS-505	Previous books in the Orbit series were also availabe for $1 from Fictionwise. Anybody know why this new one isn't available there?

04-06-2009, 03:22 PM	#28
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	Fictionwise has finally added Winterbirth for $ (less with club and rebates). The book's description page does NOT show the price (yet), just add it to your cart. No matter what it claims is available, or your preference, you MUST choose ereader format (the only format it is available in, at all, at FW, for now). Then check out - I paid 85 cents, with two rebates totaling 13 cents.

04-07-2009, 04:55 AM	#30
Over Wizard Posts: 1,462 Karma: 6061516 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cascais, Portugal Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2", OnePlus 6	BoB solved the discrepancy in prices by... Removing the mobi version. LOL?