 haroldo
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1 edit | Kindle pricing I bought a book (The Fountainhead) for my Kindle App (iPad) a few months ago for $5.95. The book was written in the 1950s, so it's not exactly a hot new item.
I just checked at Amazon and the book lists (Kindle version) for $17.99
I am aware of the pricing model differences between Amazon (fixed price) and iBooks (commission based), with the most likely result being a less expensive book at Amazon, but I am surprised that the price swings around so much.
Are the prices this...fluid?
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| It's crazy to me when you can get a hardback copy of a book mailed to you for half the price you can get it digitally sent over.
You would hope that with not having to ship, store, produce, etc. physical books costs would come down but as with everything everyone wants their slice of the pie.
Hopefully publishers wake up soon and realize they can make more money by not gouging their customer base.
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 JasonStowage Class TravelerPremium,Mod
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Atlas Shrugged, and Anthem are also great reads from Ayn Rand.
(I too read them all on my Kindle  )
-Jason
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The more they try to gouge the readership base by charging hardcover prices for a digital download, the more people are going to turn to the darknet for their ebooks.
$5.95 is more than enough to pay for a book that's over 60 years old (copyright was first registered in 1943). Charging more than the current paperback price for a digital download - which doesn't involve any publishing costs whatsoever - is ripping off the customer base.
I'd borrow the tree copy out of the library, or forget about reading the book altogether, before I would ever pay a hardcover price for a downloaded ebook. Convenience is not worth that high a price.
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said by Jason:Atlas Shrugged, and Anthem are also great reads from Ayn Rand. (I too read them all on my Kindle ) -Jason Try "We The Living" sort of an autobiographical novel and, being her first, was a lot more succinct and to the point (no 65 page monologues!). I'm re-reading Atlas, since, I'm sure I missed a lot of stuff the first go around. |
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| Yeah, I did think Galts speech was too lengthy.
To be honest, I think I skipped a *few* paragraphs there just to keep things moving along 
-Jason
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| A great series of podcasts reviewing the book
»blog.exploreaynrand.com/2009/10/···dfetcher |
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