tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post1213956168557707445..comments2023-11-09T03:33:41.728-05:00Comments on Jenny and Kelly Read Books: Oh, Amazon. It's like you don't even want me to buy books.kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-47150676996865459992013-02-09T12:30:33.292-05:002013-02-09T12:30:33.292-05:00That's so ridiculous that I can't even han...That's so ridiculous that I can't even handle it. I sort of get from the publisher's viewpoint the hardback thing, but this is insane. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-10788823675689737832013-02-08T13:47:34.579-05:002013-02-08T13:47:34.579-05:00Gotta revisit this topic because I have just encou...Gotta revisit this topic because I have just encountered a *recently published* book where the Kindle version costs *more* than the paperback. Kindle: $13.72. Paperback: $10.20. A LOT more! $3.52 is a lot of cabbage when you are talking about a $10 purchase!<br /><br />SERIOUSLY?! That... just... doesn't... I... UGH.kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-56283182904532257442012-07-26T20:25:42.268-04:002012-07-26T20:25:42.268-04:00Reading those articles has made me go back to Plan...Reading those articles has made me go back to Plan A: buy it from the bookstore. At least they'll get a big cut of the book, especially a hardback. <br /><br />Those articles were actually super helpful, but I am firmly in the "what's an ebook worth" conundrum. I'll tell you what solve that problem for me *immediately*: make every Kindle book lendable. If that was the case, I wouldn't hesitate to buy more of them. <br /><br />I've spent way too much time thinking about this.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-18314560525998925082012-07-26T20:08:57.542-04:002012-07-26T20:08:57.542-04:00Duh. Link to the article at Salon: http://www.salo...Duh. Link to the article at Salon: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/26/angle_of_repose_a_classic_rediscovered_on_audio/Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-17859292833835261662012-07-26T20:08:34.809-04:002012-07-26T20:08:34.809-04:00Well, I had the last laugh...sort of. I hit the us...Well, I had the last laugh...sort of. I hit the used book sale at the Newberry Library today and bought 6 or 7 paperback mysteries for $1 each. By the time I make it through a few of those, it will be time to go back to school and I can get Broken Harbor from the school library. I'm just too annoyed to buy the book at this point. I'd feel sorry for the author, but last Christmas, I bought a few people a copy of her first mystery, In the Woods. Right now, that's the best I can do. <br /><br />I think it's especially annoying because there are certain books that are just begging to be read on a Kindle, and mysteries definitely fall into that category. Bah. I'm off to read your articles now. <br /><br />Also, Salon has a new audiobook column! Their first recommendation is Angle of Repose!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-76433871991399068472012-07-26T17:04:06.274-04:002012-07-26T17:04:06.274-04:00All right. I just did some poking around on the Al...All right. I just did some poking around on the All-Knowing Internet to find out what the *heck* is going on with this. I found... a lot of junk.<br /><br />But I also found <a href="http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2011/03/why-some-e-books-cost-more-than.html" rel="nofollow">this interesting blog post</a> from March 2011.<br /><br /><br />After reading that post, I wondered about the publisher's cut -- couldn't *that* amount come down with eBooks? Not according to <a href="http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2011/03/amanda-hocking-and-99-cent-kindle.html" rel="nofollow">this other post</a> (also at that site). <br /><br />Hrrrrm.kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.com