09-09-2010, 02:21 PM
Incidentally, have you noticed eBook prices really skyrocketing lately? It's starting to piss me off.
I have yet to read the latest Dresden Files book because the ebook is $12.99. The fucking paperback is $9.99! I refuse to pay more for an ebook than I could pay for the paperback. Apparently Amazon refused to offer the book for some time, and even canceled their pre-orders, trying to get the publisher to lower the price but with other sellers accepting it, they eventually caved in and offered it for sale at the publisher's desired price, and just put up a blurb that says "This price was set by the publisher".
Meanwhile, I bought the Reluctant Swordsman series for something like $3.21 per book. When I look now, though, those same books are $7.19 each. For $3.21 I could recommend the series to you. For $7.19 each, I feel the series should be top notch, and it's really not. It's a good series to read if you find the books for cheap in a bin somewhere. It's not a first rate series that you should be paying first rate prices for.
In fact, reviewing my past orders, it seems like all the ebooks cost more now than they did when I first bought them. Maybe publishers are still feeling out the proper price point, but I can't help but feel that publishers are simply uninterested in the success of ebooks and would really prefer it if the format just plain died.
I have yet to read the latest Dresden Files book because the ebook is $12.99. The fucking paperback is $9.99! I refuse to pay more for an ebook than I could pay for the paperback. Apparently Amazon refused to offer the book for some time, and even canceled their pre-orders, trying to get the publisher to lower the price but with other sellers accepting it, they eventually caved in and offered it for sale at the publisher's desired price, and just put up a blurb that says "This price was set by the publisher".
Meanwhile, I bought the Reluctant Swordsman series for something like $3.21 per book. When I look now, though, those same books are $7.19 each. For $3.21 I could recommend the series to you. For $7.19 each, I feel the series should be top notch, and it's really not. It's a good series to read if you find the books for cheap in a bin somewhere. It's not a first rate series that you should be paying first rate prices for.
In fact, reviewing my past orders, it seems like all the ebooks cost more now than they did when I first bought them. Maybe publishers are still feeling out the proper price point, but I can't help but feel that publishers are simply uninterested in the success of ebooks and would really prefer it if the format just plain died.