eReader.com is getting aggresive with pricing

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sonist

Well, I just did a quick search for Updike, and most (of the few available) titles on eReader.com are $12.95, while they are $9.99 on Amazon.

Unfortunately, both have meager selection (Amazon's is a little better), and neither has the Rabbit series (which is available in PDF format from www.diesel-ebooks.com, where Rabbit, Run goes for $7.87 - I will buy it and try on the Kindle DX.)

http://www.ebookmall.com/ebooks-auth...ike-ebooks.htm
http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/author/j...ike-ebooks.htm

Between these two links you can find the Rabbit eBooks as long as you are willing and able to strip the DRM and convert.

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by pking36330

Except that it SERIOUSLY confuses potential customers. Let me get this right...I can only by eReader books at the eReader.com website owned by FictionWise, but at the FictionWise.com website I can buy eReader and other formats. Right?

Do my FictionWise dollars in my account work on the eReader.com webstore?
Why wouldn't they create a superstore and then you can select eReader, eBookwise, Mobi, or whatever format you want to filter everything but that? One e-commerce engine and one set of books HAS to be cheaper and more efficient. Somebody is paying for that extra overhead and it's the customers and each of their various webstores.

Sounds logical but logic does not always play a roll. eReader site was a pretty big part of the reason they bought the product in the first place so why would then shut it down and send all the customers away. Perhaps they wouldn't find the fictionwise site after all. If you have two sites you can do twice as much business sometimes. Not logic but reality. Besides they can offer different deals and position the future products independently.

You can easily argue that ebookwise and Filament books should be shut down as well. But the business models are different and they are covering all the bases. Do you have a business degree?

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you are purchasing eBooks with images over than the cover, eReader is the last choice I would make. Well, PDF is actually. But that's another can of worms.

I have never seen an image in an eReader edition that's better than about 400x600 pixels. It may look OK on a PDA, but it looks horrid on the PC reader.