And Ingram
offers hardcover editions and print books in color.
Not exact matches
Collected for the first time in a gorgeous
hardcover edition, A Drunken Dream
offers a rare glimpse into the work of one of Japan's most distinctive and influential creators in shojo manga, and heck, manga, period.
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.
How can these digital companies
offer the eBook for.99 p, when the normal
hardcover edition is being sold for over $ 20.00?
Lulu currently
offers print on demand (POD) and direct sales of
hardcover editions to customers through the Lulu Marketplace.
Most ebooks
offer a substantial price reduction from the corresponding
hardcover or paper
edition.
A recent notable exception was Walter Issacsson» Steve Jobs biography which was
offered as an e-book at the same time, albeit at the same price, as the
hardcover edition (in Japan the biography was published in two parts with a combined price of $ 50 compared to a street price of about $ 17 in the US).
In addition,
hardcover and paperback volumes that did not include /
offer Kindle
editions were included in the tally.
I have often wondered why, if I am willing to buy a first
edition hardcover, the publisher wouldn't
offer to throw in a PDF or other ebook.
A veritable pop - art boutique, the
offerings range from affordable home décor ($ 60 Basquiat mugs) to rare
editions ($ 10,000 for a set of 4 prints by Michael Heizer) to an in - store Leica camera shop, and, of course, tome upon
hardcover tome of books and catalogs on some of the biggest figures in Modern art, such as Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol.
Priced at $ 50 and
offered in a
hardcover edition, the catalogue may be purchased at the Guggenheim Store or at the Online Store at guggenheimstore.org beginning in late March.