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With the new Kindle e-book pricing, I am finding Kindle books that cost more than their paper-bound kin. That is completely absurd. -- nm

Posted by ty97 May 23 '10, 07:32

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*seriously.* I mean, *seriously.* I cannot get over that. I get that I pay a premium for convenience, but paper book people should pay a premium for - workmanda May 23, 09:59 2
- It baffles me to think that something I can re-sell would cost less than something I can not re-sell. - ty97 May 23, 10:22
- I completely agree. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 10:06
Blame Apple. Or possibly Barbes and Noble. They broke Amazon's lock on pricing. - Beryllium (iPhone) May 23, 09:26 9
- It's the publishers, certainly. If they can get the prices, more power to them. - ty97 May 23, 10:21
- B&N didn't force it, publishers did. Competition from B&N would have forced prices down. - TWuG May 23, 09:49 7
  - Nope, what I'm talking about is New, paper-bound, sold by amazon VS Kindle. - ty97 May 23, 10:20 3
    - I haven't seen it yet, but I know that the price differential has been nearly nonexistent on some books I've bought - TWuG May 23, 10:25 2
      - link? - workmanda May 23, 11:05
      - I find it relatively commonplace for the prices to be similar/identical and that bugs me some. - ty97 May 23, 10:26
  - The initiation of the iTunes Book Store and the Nook book store gave publishers leverage to force Amazon's hand. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 10:04
  - I think 97 is smart enough to know used from new. -- nm - workmanda May 23, 10:00 1
    - He didn't say "new" so I wasn't sure what he was seeing. - TWuG May 23, 10:21
i agree, your meta-shopping skills are slacking - Danedukenuuk May 23, 07:39

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