I think this is good news for all of us if it fosters more competition and fairer pricing of e-books. There's no reason in *#!*# why a e-book download should cost anywhere near what a hard copy delivered to your home costs. I recently had an inkling to re-read Norman Vincent Peale 's "The Power of Positive Thining" - remembering only that it left quite an impression on me in 1970. Yikes - $11.99 at Amazon's Kindle store! No way I'd pay that much to download a book first published in 1952.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-apple-ebooks-idUSBRE8391JW20120411
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Maybe some positive thinking is more important than the price comparison.
BTW, how much did the Kindle cost?
Here's the link to that book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?search-alias=stripbooks&unfiltered=1&field-keywords=&field-author=Norman+Vincent+Peale&field-title=&field-isbn=&field-publisher=&node=&field-p_n_condition-type=&field-feature_browse-bin=&field-subject=&field-language=&field-dateop=&field-datemod=&field-dateyear=&sort=relevanceexprank&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=27&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=13
Despite having an i-Pad I still prefer to read my books, magazines and newspapers by holding the wood fibers in my hand.
- The tests of life are not meant to break you, but to make you.
- Live your life and forget your age.
- If there is no fun in it, something is wrong with all you are doing.
- Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that...
Per MikeM - Thanks for the find. Further digging shows "new" for around $10 including shipping with Prime membership which we have...
Per Mark - Agree with you re IPad which we use mainly for net access. We find dedicated reading much better on the Kindle. Screen so resembles real paper & ink some actually attempt to remove it after unpacking a Kindle - thinking it to be a paper facsimile. Biggest drag to paper books is carrying a bunch along on a plane or to the beach, etc. Kindle will store hundreds of different books. With 3G one can receive daily newspapers as soon as they go to print and from literally anywhere in the world. One example - full Reuters newspaper costs $10 per month & publishes 7 days a week. E-delivery free. Battery charge lasts many days even under heavy use.
Linked Article - "Why Are E-Books So Expensive?"
http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2011/12/13/ask-stacy-why-are-e-books-so-expensive/
And last but not least, and again just MHO, the last thing I think about taking to the beach is my iPad or iPhone. I leave them at home.
If I purchase a paperback novel, I can read it and pass it on to a friend. They can do the same, and so on. At some point, it can be exchanged at a used book store or donated to a local library. I can't say the same for the e-book version. As far as I'm concerned you can get a lot more reading out of a physical book, hence it has more value.
Re: power of positive thinking...
Have you ever read any of Larry Winget's work?
His stuff is so simple, so clear, and also so right in your face.
I find his style crude but refreshing.
Example -
http://larrywinget.net/blog/?p=560
Flack
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0471654655/ref=sr_1_cc_1_olp?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1334503641&sr=1-1-catcorr&condition=used