tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565671130289537623.post2460959828822174466..comments2023-05-28T07:13:37.806-06:00Comments on Enjoy The Journey: Pricing Of eBooksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13311083597294672388noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565671130289537623.post-73200160512852971572012-03-19T08:37:07.660-06:002012-03-19T08:37:07.660-06:00I found a site that tracks ebook prices on Amazon....I found a site that tracks ebook prices on Amazon. You can search genres and prices including free! Check it out:<br />Www.ereaderiq.comSpencernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565671130289537623.post-25691270086730477012012-03-18T22:10:22.477-06:002012-03-18T22:10:22.477-06:00Ben, The Overdrive app is on my iPad. With two lib...Ben, The Overdrive app is on my iPad. With two library's eBook collections, I have plenty of reading choices. With my name on the list for several books, there always seems to be another book that comes available.<br /><br />Haven't cracked any of those used books recently purchased from Bookmans.<br /><br />Each time I've tried an audio book, I've been disappointed. Too impatient, I want them to speed it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311083597294672388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565671130289537623.post-27056042420357505922012-03-18T20:06:49.241-06:002012-03-18T20:06:49.241-06:00P.S.
Overdrive is good for downloading audio book...P.S.<br /><br />Overdrive is good for downloading audio books too. Great for listening in the car while traveling to your next destination. You just need a library card and their web address.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565671130289537623.post-2644354085813402182012-03-18T20:04:05.180-06:002012-03-18T20:04:05.180-06:00I never buy books, hardback or electronic. I chec...I never buy books, hardback or electronic. I check ebooks out from my hometown library using the Overdrive application. I can read them on my laptop or on my smartphone. <br /><br />Once I read a book, I seldom re-read it. An e-book would just take up room on my hard drive and a hardback would collect dust and add to the overall weight of my motorhome.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565671130289537623.post-21823668688160904862012-03-18T15:25:52.292-06:002012-03-18T15:25:52.292-06:00Boonie, Hope all the publishers crash and burn. Ho...Boonie, Hope all the publishers crash and burn. Hope the self publishing of authors becomes the death knell for the publishers.<br /><br />Checked Amazon and found a fiction book released just three days ago. The Kindle price was 13.99. The hard cover was 15.41. Looks like the manufacturing cost of the book is 1.50. Yeah. Right.<br /><br />Jobs book set the price point of 14.99 for Kindle books when his bio came out last December. Seems the publishers found that the buying public will pay the price.<br /><br />With a hard cover book, you can donate it or give it to a friend -- or sell it to a used book store. When you have an eBook, you have it forever. Can't loan it. Can't sell it. Sure you can loan a B&N eBook -- once.<br /><br />Back to the used book store.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311083597294672388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565671130289537623.post-2611467652534300752012-03-18T06:28:13.444-06:002012-03-18T06:28:13.444-06:00Let's hope something good comes out of this. T...Let's hope something good comes out of this. There's still time.<br /><br />But strictly speaking, it isn't "greed" that's the problem; it's the lack of competition. The world is so accustomed to a New York publishing cartel that even the internet hasn't destroyed the cartel...yet.<br /><br />The real problem is that we readers passively accept the publisher as the chooser/validater of what is worth reading. We need some new filtration device.<br /><br />Maybe blogs like yours should be mini-kiosks of eBooks and advice to other readers.kaBLOOnie Boonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845667016536890886noreply@blogger.com