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> It's also why I buy my books hardcover now: more cash for the author. Isn't this true, Amazon or not? Hardcovers cost the customer more than paperbacks or eb
by res0nat0r 13y ago
> It's also why I buy my books hardcover now: more cash for the author.
Isn't this true, Amazon or not? Hardcovers cost the customer more than paperbacks or ebooks, so the author should be getting hopefully a larger cut of the sale.
I think this program (if it has enough titles that I've bought in the past) is going to be awesome. I've never bought a Kindle because paying almost the same price for the Kindle version of a book vs. the paperback cost is ridiculous. Now with this program I will buy a Kindle so I can read my past purchases via that when I'm traveling, and my paperback versions when I'm sitting around at home.
Does anyone know if you can actually use this program with used book purchases? I've bought many books used (many times for only a few bucks including shipping), so I don't know if they would be eligible for this program or not.
- MichaelGG 13y agoHmm, I always bought the Kindle editions because physical books are a pain in the ass to read. Before the Kindle, I even resorted to a WinCE device (built-in backlight, easy rotation for any position). Kindle Paperwhite is simply the best reading experience I've ever had in my life. The fact I could get a paper version doesn't even factor into my decision. Actually, the price rarely factors into the decision, as the difference is usually only a few bucks anyways.
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- mikevm 13y agoOne of the things I hate the most about reading books is holding them up while reading. eReaders have solved this problem for me, and now I am a happy camper!
- dsuth 13y agoYou... don't have to hold an eReader up? One of the worst things about reading ebooks on my iPad 2 is the weight.
- dublinben 13y agoWell the iPad weighs 1.3 lbs, and the Kindle weighs less than half a pound. Only the smallest paperback books are lighter than a small ereader.
- will_work4tears 13y agoLike those old serials, The Executioner and The Destroyer. Gotta love those old, < 100 page bubble gum books.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoWhich is why I have a Kindle eReader and an iPad. I agree that the eInk Kindles are one of the best bits of tech I've ever owned and the best reading experience I've had.
- cdjk 13y agoWar and Peace, Anna Karenina, any recent book by Neal Stephenson - those are all much more pleasant on a kindle than in paper form.
- krisgee 13y agoMy biggest problem was always trying to hold a book open with one hand. This was a problem because my hands are large and trying to read a paperback with both hands was sub-optimal, not to mention reading in the bath or whilst lounging.
- pydave 13y agoI can lean a Kindle against the pillow, which is much harder to do with a book.
- munificent 13y ago> I will buy a Kindle so I can read my past purchases via that It says it works with the Kindle app too, so you can use any of your existing devices for this as well.
- WalterBright 13y agoFrom my reading of the deal, it applies to new books only.
- pflats 13y agoWhat? It says directly that all purchases will count. "Available for thousands of great print books purchased new from Amazon, going all the way back to 1995 when Amazon first opened its online bookstore."
- tnorthcutt 13y agoWalterBright is talking about purchases of new books (vs. used/resold), not new purchases.
- hga 13y agoCopied from the other topic on this: That would be way too easy to game. I.e. set up an Amazon Marketplace account, "sell" yourself and/or accomplices lots of books for "reasonable" prices, with the money minus some vig including Amazon's charges going back to the "buyers", then they buy el-cheapo Kindle copies for real.
- lil_cain 13y agoIf you're going to do that, why not just pirate the books? For the same amount of effort, you'd probably manage it - and it'd be cheaper.
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- epo 13y agoA hint as thinking doesn't appear to be your strong point. If something seems to be "way too easy", even to you, perhaps they thought of it first. That might explain why this applies to purchases from Amazon only.
- clarky07 13y ago>I've never bought a Kindle because paying almost the same price for the Kindle version of a book vs. the paperback cost is ridiculous. You don't understand the economics of publishing. The paperback, and the hardcover for that matter cost almost nothing to produce. You are paying for the information. Perhaps the ebook should be a dollar cheaper.
- johnobrien1010 13y agoFor anyone interested in the average profit margins of books publishers and some what the percentage of the paper, print, and binding for a book is of the total cost, the Art & Science of Book Publishing by Herbert S. Jr Bailey (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0821409700/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0821409700/ref=wms_ohs_prod...) is a good book. Print on Demand and ebooks have changed some aspects, but it is still largely true that, for most books, marketing, overhead, sales, etc. are a lot of the cost of producing a book. Even with ebooks, this is still the case. Illuminating stuff.
- clarky07 13y agoI have no idea who downvoted this comment, but it is very true. The cost of a book is the cost of making and marketing it. Paper is really cheap. Obviously it is more expensive than bits, but not significantly.
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- Retric 13y agoIt's not just the direct priniting costs there is also the risk discount as publishers often destroy a significant number of unsold books.
- officemonkey 13y agoIn Economics, nobody cares about facts. The ebook is "less" than a physical book, therefore it should cost less.
- bproctor 13y agoNot really. Print books don't get the author hardly anything at all. My wife is an author, exclusive on Amazon so she makes ~70% on ebook sales. The profit from a print book is next to nothing. Of course, this can vary a lot on the type and price of the book.