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amazon hardcopy is cheaper than ebook
The eBook for Linux Network Internals is MORE than the Amazon list price.
$32.97 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596002556/
$39.99 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002558
I would love to not have another dead tree to carry around but I of course will buy the hardcopy from Amazon.
$32.97 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596002556/
$39.99 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002558
I would love to not have another dead tree to carry around but I of course will buy the hardcopy from Amazon.
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Inappropriate?Hello Brandon,
First of all, thank you for buying our books, whether from Amazon or direct from oreilly.com. Second, sorry for the frustration. Amazon functions at a scale that individual publishers like O'Reilly can't, and they discount each title deeply, sometimes at a loss. While we don't discount individual print book purchases, we do offer a Buy 2, Get 1 Free discount, plus free shipping on orders over $29.95 in the US, that is within shouting distance of Amazon's pricing. This offer also applies to ebook sales, which are already discounted by 20%.
When it comes to our ebooks we offer some things that Amazon doesn't. For example, when you buy an ebook from O'Reilly, you get lifetime access to three, DRM-free file formats for the price of one, with no strings attached. We update those files and alert you when changes and corrections have been made to them. Though developing the processes and systems to support our ebook program required substantial investment, we're continually evaluating the price of our ebooks and discussing whether we can provide better pricing and still make enough money to pay our authors, staff, and vendors, and still make a profit.
This is, as you well know, a time of change and stress to all existing business models, and we're doing everything we can to produce the best books at the best prices.
Thanks for taking the time to write.
--Allen
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Inappropriate?Hello Brandon,
By updates I mean any changes and corrections made to the current edition of an ebook. However, if you register your book with us you'll get a 40% off offer on the next edition.
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Inappropriate?The explanation that Amazon's dead-tree books are significantly less expensive than Ora's is understandable. The *excuse* that Amazon's dead-tree books cost less than Ora's eBooks is ludicrous. "Oh, but you'll get all the changes and corrections!"
I get all the changes and corrections on my dead-tree book. It's called "using a pen."
I don't know about you, but paying MORE for an eBook from Ora's site over the Amazon dead-tree price is laughable. What does it cost O'Reilly to produce that second, third, ..., fiftieth copy of the eBook? The answer is somewhere between $0 and ... $0. That's much less than the cost to produce a book; even a one-page pamphlet has to be printed, packaged, and shipped.
I love O'Reilly books. I've been reading them since "vi" second edition (i.e,. a looong time). It really burns me up that you folks are---basically---GOUGING us eReader folks.
If you treat your customers right, they will keep coming back and you will do well. Of course, there's always the Wrox Press way (before Wiley bought the charred remains)..
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