my understanding, ALL kindle books that arent free are a flat 10. its only cheaper when compared to hardcover.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > The other thing to bear in mind about the Kindle is that the cost of the > books is somewhat cheaper than the printed editions. I read this somewhere. > I have not checked closely but here is one chosen at random that costs $10 > on Kindle and $16.50 on paper (G. Ifill, "The Breakthrough") > > On the other hand, Obama's book costs $10 on Kindle and only $8 on paper. It > seems most books cost $10 on Kindle . . . > > Here is one by A. C. Clarke, "Fountains of Paradise," $8 on Kindle, $18 > paperback. > > The pricing is confusing, but anyway, I suppose that people who read many > books may soon recoup the $360 cost of the gadget. > > It stands to reason that electronic books are cheaper, and will remain > cheaper, since they cost so little to distribute. Amazon.com does not have a > monopoly for e-books. Google is coming after them. All publishers will soon > realize they have to compete. > > I have been keeping tabs on the distribution cost of electronic documents > closely for many years now because I pay for LENR-CANR.org. (It used to be a > large burden but it is no longer, I am happy to report.) The decline in cost > per megabyte is astounding, even to someone used to computers. My guess is > that this correlates with the decline in hard disk storage costs perhaps > even more than fiber optic and other falling telecommunications costs. Last > I checked, hard disk cost per unit of capacity (bytes, in this case) has > fallen even more dramatically than any other computer components, such as > RAM memory bytes or CPU cycles. > > - Jed > >
