Comments on: Reviewing eBook Prices in UK, US

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:16:53 +0000

This is interesting and useful, thanks. However, it would be great to compare against the prices of actual paper books, at say amazon (UK and US,), tesco (a large UK supermarket) and WH Smith. I suspect we would find that despite costs of paper and priniting, transport and storage etc the prices would be competitive. Sadly, I think that until ebooks are substantially cheaper than the real things they will remain a niche.

By: Bic

Bic — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:02:55 +0000

I tried ebookprice.info and it kept showing “Free” rebate price for many books on Fictionwise. Not sure what that meant, but the website was not nearly as useful as inkmesh (at least for US prices)

By: switch11

switch11 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:57:23 +0000

In general links to sites that do ebook deals etc. are not let through.

Here are a few more things that trigger comment rejections – sites that end in .info and non .com domain endings, sites that are promoted multiple times, sites that are promoted by the founder.

Are you adding value to the blog in any way? Or are you just trying to route traffic to your own site without adding value?

Inkmesh did a study of prices and that’s adding value to the ecosystem. Add some value and will be glad to link to your site/blog.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:09:30 +0000

I tried posting earlier about a UK-based ebook search engine which helps UK residents find good prices for their ebooks; not sure why it got rejected but the inkmesh link was allowed through?

Check out ebookprice.info for a great web page that compares e-book prices at various outlets including UK sites.

By: switch11

switch11 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:03:50 +0000

Perhaps it’s the VAT. Perhaps it’s the wireless bandwidth costs being higher. Perhaps it’s territorial rights being more.
As you can see W. H. Smith’s 50% off sale is still in the same price range so perhaps UK book prices are just higher.

By: Bic

Bic — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:41:00 +0000

Check out inkmesh.com for a great web page that compares e-book prices at various outlets.

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:53:12 +0000

One point about B&N’s prices is that where I am (Indiana) I have to pay sales tax on them and I don’t on Amazon’s. I know different states run this differently, but when I see a B&N price, I have to mentally add another 7%. It’s not their fault and yes they can still truthfully say they’re matching Amazon on price. But when it comes to checkout time, they still cost more for me.

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:22:53 +0000

Why are we paying an extra $2 in the UK? I’ve also found that a lot of the books which are free in the US, are actually more than $2 in the UK. Also, many of the books are not available for UK customers. Can anyone explain why the discrepancies