The following table illustrates why eBooks still have a long way to go before they become part of the mainstream book publishing industry - their selling price...
If like me, you are an avid reader, then the mere cost of downloading a few favourite books can be quite off putting; especially in today's economic climate where every cent, nickle and dime needs to be carefully budgeted...
So why do the likes of Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all the rest treat us like we are stupid with our math; anybody can see that $5.63 mulipied by n can soon mount up to astronomical amounts quite quickly if you aren't careful...
Buying an iPad, Kindle or any other eReading device doesn't mean you have to fork out a small fortune just so you can read your favourite author electronically. If the World Wide Web is all about giving power to the people, isn't it about time that we bookworms were given a fair deal. I for one am ready to make that stand...
Book Title - Amazon Kindle - Barnes and Noble - SmartBookWorms
Murder on the Links - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Mystery of the Blue Train, The - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Peril at End House - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Lord Edgware Dies - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Murder on the Orient Express - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Death in the Clouds - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
A B C Murders, The - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Murder in Mesopotamia - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Cards on the Table - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Death on the Nile - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Hercule Poirot's Christmas - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Sad Cypress - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Evil Under the Sun - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Five Little Pigs - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Taken at the Flood - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
After the Funeral - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Poirot Investigates - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Poirot's Early Cases - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Labours of Hercules, The - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Mysterious Affair at Styles, The - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Secret Adversary - $5.63 - £6.99 - $0.75
Agatha Christie eBook Collection - $123.86 - $153.78 - $16.50
And as an added bonus, TheBookWorm is even prepared to offer a further discount on top of the one illustrated above for downloading this entire collection - just $6.11 give or take the odd cent, nickle or dime here or there...
Now you do math...
