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Thursday, December 30, 2010

When Kindle Books Cost More Than the Shelf Editions…

Slow down before you buy that e-book reader. If e-book readers are touted as a cheaper way to read books, then riddle me this:

I can get Long for This World for $9.50 in paperback or $15 for my Kindle. What a deal! In fact, add just $2.40 to the Kindle price and I could have it in hardback sitting on my shelf.

I can get The Fever for $10.50 in paperback or $13 for my Kindle. Oops. Add $2.70 to the Kindle price and I could have it in hardback.

I can get Bernard Cornwell’s latest installment of his Saxon Chronicles, The Burning Land, for $8.65 in paperback or $10 for my Kindle.

At these prices, my Kindle gizmo will pay for itself in book purchases in no time. In. No. Time.

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