There is no sane reason why an ebook should cost
more than a hardcover, but lo and behold, that's the case with my Sex, Bombs and Burgers.
This has been attributed to an increase in the cost of ebooks which in some case costs even
more than the hardcover version of the same.
Some e-books expire after a certain number of loans, whereas others cost dramatically
more than the hardcover or paperback.
Right now the average audiobook costs
more than a hardcover.
LF: I feel irked when the Kindle edition of a book costs
more than the hardcover version.
This Kindle edition actually costs 48 cents
more than its hardcover edition, which is still well below the standard price for new hardcovers.
More than hardcover, more than trade paperback, more than mass market paperback.
You don't buy hardcovers because it would cost you a great deal of money to get them shipped to your home, yet you say that the ebook costs
you more than the hardcover does.
For about $ 10
more than the hardcover price, we should get the hardcover, eBook and audio versions together.
Agency pricing doesn't have Amazon's ability to turn on a dime with pricing so it can be quite annoying to see books that cost more than the paperback copy and even worse
more than the hardcover after the paperback has come out.
Not exact matches
Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate
more than ever.From the
Hardcover edition.
A quarter - century down the line, analysts say, there's little reason to expect that the consumer will be
more often flipping the pages of an e-book on their tablet computer
than picking up a
hardcover, and streaming video through their Web - enabled TV rather
than turning on their Blu - ray player.
With
more than 1 million
hardcover copies sold, the book is now updated, annotated and available in paperback.
Michael Wolff's tell - all about the Trump administration book has sold
more than 1.7 million copies in the combined formats of
hardcover, e-books and audio.
His previous book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, was translated into 27 languages and spent
more than a year on the New York Times
hardcover and paperback best - seller lists.
Paul Tough's last book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, spent
more than a year on the New York Times
hardcover and paperback best - seller lists and was translated into 27 languages.
The plastic comb binding tends to be a little
more flimsy
than the
hardcover.
The Secret has certainly worked wonders for its marketers:
More than 1.5 million DVDs have been sold, and the book hit number one on The New York Times best - seller list of
hardcover advice books.
He gave up because he would have to read a $ 20 book, yet I used to sell South - Beach
hardcover books far
more often
than the Atkins one.
The first edition of Tonal Journal — it has a linen
hardcover and is
more akin to a coffee table book
than a magazine — launches April 6 and contains 288 pages of essays and editorials from over 60 contributors, many of whom have collaborated with Surti on other projects.
It comes with an amazing, high - def presentation of the film — the only one in the series that I have seen
more than once — and tons of goodies, like character cards, a
hardcover photo book, and two discs worth of extras.
His previous book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, was translated into 27 languages and spent
more than a year on the New York Times
hardcover and paperback best - seller lists.
Amazon is selling the
hardcover edition of Jonathan Franzen's new novel «Purity» for $ 15.10 — 11 cents
more than the $ 14.99 e-book price set by Macmillan Publishers, a unit of closely heldVerlagsgruppe Georg von HoltzbrinckGmbH, which declined to comment.
When I look through the Kindle store and see ebooks priced higher
than the paperback and
hardcover, it seems to me that they are trying to push readers back to that
more traditional medium.
Once essentially no
more than a museum of great works, libraries in the 21st century have had to reinvent themselves as a community - based center of learning and production, not just a place to put your name on the list for the latest James Patterson
hardcover.
eBooks have been all the rage the world over with major retailers such as Amazon stating it has been consistently selling
more ebooks
than the corresponding
hardcover versions.
This is why a new ebook almost costs as much as a
hardcover and is normally
more expensive
than a paperback.
The Invention of Wings By Sue Monk Kidd Penguin • $ 17 • ISBN 9780143121701 With
more than a million copies sold since its
hardcover publication in January 2014, Kidd's captivating historical novel is already a runaway hit with readers, and this new paperback edition should move it to the top of the list for reading groups everywhere.
Sure, The Host sold
more than 2 million copies in
hardcover, but the fourth Twilight novel, Breaking Dawn, sold 1.3 million copies in its first day of release.
But as of this writing, Amazon is offering the book for pre-order — something that many mom - and - pop independent bookstores aren't even set up to do — for less
than $ 13 for the
hardcover; the Kindle edition is priced just over $ 11, while Barnes and Noble and Kobo are offering the ebook edition for pre-order for
more than $ 16.
We're selling
more Kindle books
than hardcover books on Amazon.
The iPad is quite a bit heavier
than the Kindle (think
hardcover versus paperback, though that comparison isn't quite right), and its backlit LED display couldn't be
more different.
In July 2010, Amazon — who was already the world's largest book retailer — reported that they sold
more ebooks
than hardcovers during the second quarter of the year.
Although
more e-books are now sold each year
than hardcover books, e-books are not yet very popular at libraries.
The discounts are, of course, far higher
than the usual 40 % -50 % range offered by Amazon, warehouse clubs and other discounters — including Overstock — and are
more typical for remainders
than frontlist
hardcovers.
But even
more interesting is the news that «Amazon.com customers now purchase
more Kindle books
than hardcover books».
In July, Amazon.com reported that it had sold
more Kindle e-books
than hardcover books.
Hardcover and trade paper is certainly much
more efficient
than mass market... probably around 65 % sale overall.
With capabilities to highlight text and take notes within each ebook, eCampus offers
more than 100,000 digital titles, as well as
hardcover texts for purchase or rent.
Another observation from my colleagues is that
more editorial attention is paid to
hardcover books
than to mass - market paperbacks.
It turns out that e-books are not cannibalizing
hardcover and trade paperback sales, as publishers» once feared, though mass market paperbacks — which are often published much later
than their hardback counterparts, and sold mostly in
more traditional retail environments like drugstores — have been negatively impacted.
During this insider interview on our literary agent blog, Carol Plum - Ucci, author of
more than half a dozen young adult novels published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in
hardcover and paperback, including The Body of Christopher Creed, shares advice for authors of all genres about how to write, publish, and / or promote their books.
"Amazon.com customers now purchase
more Kindle books
than hardcover books — astonishing when you consider that we've been selling
hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle books for 33 months,» Bezos said.
«Hachette Book Group had a very strong year in 2013, with continued digital growth, the acquisition of Hyperion, and
more bestsellers
than ever before, including 10 of Bookscan's top 25
hardcover fiction titles,» said Michael Pietsch, CEO HBG while declaring the results.
Times have changed so that its the digital version of books that are
more in demand
than anytime before in the history of
hardcover books.
Not only can you purchase them in your pajamas, but they are
more economical viable
than new releases that come out only in
hardcover.
The bundle offer will be about # 5
more than what it would take to buy the
hardcover alone.
The
hardcover on Amazon is $ 11.33, and on B&N it retails at $ 18.34,
more than $ 7 difference.
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than soft or
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In a recent article, CNN wrote, «[a] s further proof of how digital media dominate today's entertainment, Amazon announced Thursday that its customers now buy
more e-books for its Kindle device
than all print books —
hardcover and paperback — combined.»