"It's time to put this fucking McDonald's hot coffee case to rest: It's been held up to be a shining beacon of the spurious nature of litigation in America when in FACT it is NOT. 3rd degree burns is not spurious!"
Quote from the linked *Motley Fool* article: "While Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is best known for its shipped goods, it still sells eBooks. At a substantial discount to its printed counterpart, some of the cost savings achieved through digital delivery are passed on to the end user."
Just for grins, I decided to take a look at Amazon's site, and pick 5 books each from the *NYT* bestsellers list (fiction and non-fiction).
The fiction list: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/lis ts/best/new-nyt/nyt-fiction-hc.html/ref=pd_ts_a_nyt/103-9 189277-5743043
*The Teeth of the Tiger* (Clancy): $16.77 in hardcover, apparently not available in an eBook (but an "audio download" is available for $15.16) *The Da Vinci Code* (Brown): $14.97 in hardcover, $14.95 to download (Adobe Reader or Microsoft Reader) *Blindside* (Coulter): $15.57 hardcover, apparently not available in an eBook. *The Sinner* (Gerritsen): $14.97 hardcover, $9.99 to download (Adobe or Microsoft) *A Place of Hiding* (George): $16.17 hardcover, $21.95 to download (Adobe or Microsoft)
The non-fiction list: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/lis ts/best/new-nyt/nyt-nonfiction-hc.html/ref=pd_ts_a_nyt/10 3-9189277-5743043
*Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them* (Franken): $14.97 hardcover, apparently not available as an eBook. *Benjamin Franklin* (Isaacson): $18.00 hardcover, $19.99 to download (Microsoft only), or $13.56 as an "audio download" *Kate Remembered* (Berg): $15.57 hardcover, apparently not available as an eBook. *Treason* (Coulter): $16.17 hardcover, $19.95 download (Adobe or Microsoft) *Under the Banner of Heaven* (Krakauer): $15.60 hardcover, $18.00 download (Adobe or Microsoft)
The way I see it, of ten books people might actually want to buy, four are not available as ebooks, four are more expensive in ebook format than in hardcover, and two are cheaper in ebook format (but, in one case, by a grand total of two cents).
I'm aware that this doesn't take into account shipping cost for the hardcover (though many of these books seem to be available with free shipping through Amazon with a minimum $25 purchase), or the time waiting for your shipment to arrive.
If I'm mistaken in my thinking, I welcome correction, but I just don't see the cost savings being passed on to the end user.
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"It's time to put this fucking McDonald's hot coffee case to rest: It's been held up to be a shining beacon of the spurious nature of litigation in America when in FACT it is NOT. 3rd degree burns is not spurious!"
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Quote from the linked *Motley Fool* article:
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"While Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is best known for its shipped goods, it still sells eBooks. At a substantial discount to its printed counterpart, some of the cost savings achieved through digital delivery are passed on to the end user."
Just for grins, I decided to take a look at Amazon's site, and pick 5 books each from the *NYT* bestsellers list (fiction and non-fiction).
The fiction list:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/li
*The Teeth of the Tiger* (Clancy): $16.77 in hardcover, apparently not available in an eBook (but an "audio download" is available for $15.16)
*The Da Vinci Code* (Brown): $14.97 in hardcover, $14.95 to download (Adobe Reader or Microsoft Reader)
*Blindside* (Coulter): $15.57 hardcover, apparently not available in an eBook.
*The Sinner* (Gerritsen): $14.97 hardcover, $9.99 to download (Adobe or Microsoft)
*A Place of Hiding* (George): $16.17 hardcover, $21.95 to download (Adobe or Microsoft)
The non-fiction list:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/li
*Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them* (Franken): $14.97 hardcover, apparently not available as an eBook.
*Benjamin Franklin* (Isaacson): $18.00 hardcover, $19.99 to download (Microsoft only), or $13.56 as an "audio download"
*Kate Remembered* (Berg): $15.57 hardcover, apparently not available as an eBook.
*Treason* (Coulter): $16.17 hardcover, $19.95 download (Adobe or Microsoft)
*Under the Banner of Heaven* (Krakauer): $15.60 hardcover, $18.00 download (Adobe or Microsoft)
The way I see it, of ten books people might actually want to buy, four are not available as ebooks, four are more expensive in ebook format than in hardcover, and two are cheaper in ebook format (but, in one case, by a grand total of two cents).
I'm aware that this doesn't take into account shipping cost for the hardcover (though many of these books seem to be available with free shipping through Amazon with a minimum $25 purchase), or the time waiting for your shipment to arrive.
If I'm mistaken in my thinking, I welcome correction, but I just don't see the cost savings being passed on to the end user.