iBooks
No luck. Seems like the selection battle is still being won by Amazon.
Amazon
I quickly found the Stieg Larsson books on the Amazon Kindle store.
I'd recently been discussing with my mother the comparative price of eBooks, and argued that eBooks should be aiming for the impulse purchase model with a significant discount over physical books, but that at the very least they should not be more, given their additional limitations. I took a quick look at what the physical books would cost me as well.
| Book(s) | Kindle Price | Dead Tree Price | Dead Tree Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $13.53 | $9.00 | 33% |
| The Girl who Played with Fire | $13.53 | $9.00 | 33% |
| The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | $16.91 | $9.00 | 47% |
| Millenium Series | $39.09 | $9.00+$9.00+$9.00=$27.00 | 31% |
So, by allowing a publisher to cause trees to be chopped down, ground up, paper made, cut, printed upon, bound and shipped to me by Amazon.ca, I can save significantly over having some bits sent to my computing device by Amazon.com?
It's ridiculous.
This sort of thing causes me to buy fewer eBooks. Last night, I intended to start reading the Millenium Triology, but after looking this over and getting irritated, I ended up watching Netflix. Go Amazon.
