[Ann in Arlington]

Two similar threads have been merged -- sorry for any confusion. . . .

 

[MichelleR]

READ THE BOOK! Read the book!
The movie is a pale shadow of the book!
This film is a classic example of why I rarely watch 'the-movie-of-the-book.' It was so dumbed-down to fit it into a movie length feature I came away feeling cheated and disappointed.

Agreed! The movie made me furious, because what was left out and what was changed. It was sloppy.

Mary is married and her husband dies, leaving her (somewhat) free to be with the man she loves -- except the movie forgets to kill off her husband. Then the ending, with Mary having a roll in Elizabeth's life?

Philippa Gregory writes historical fiction and speculates in ways that make sticklers cringe, but the book was entertaining and had a core truth to it which the movie missed.

 

[Meemo]

Vote with your wallet and don't buy books that cost more than you're willing to pay. For me, I'm fine paying up to the same price as the cheapest print version on Amazon, but not a penny more.

Maybe also e-mail the publisher and tell them why you're not buying the book as well.

But that's about all we can do individually. I suppose one could do petitions etc. for a popular book that was priced too high.

But at the end of the day publishers only care about $$$. Vote with your wallet and hope enough others do the same and maybe prices will come down. If not, there's no shortage of books cheaper than the print versions, cheap indie books, and free books out there to read.

There is another thing you can do - when you don't buy an ebook based on price, go to Lost Book Sales - http://lostbooksales.com/ - register the book you didn't buy, why you didn't buy it, and what you did instead.

 

[MichelleR]

There is another thing you can do - when you don't buy an ebook based on price, go to Lost Book Sales - http://lostbooksales.com/ - register the book you didn't buy, why you didn't buy it, and what you did instead.

Yep.

 

[Anne Victory]

redadeptreviews.com
oktopusink.blogspot.com
aflashlightreader.blogspot.com
indiebookblogger.blogspot.com
lastdraftediting.com/reviews

Those are a few blogs I know of that review indie books. Hope that helps!

All good choices. If you like romance, www.theromancereviews.com is a good review site. They also review some Urban Fantasy (the kind that has similar appeal as paranormal romance) and traditionally published books, as well as indies. I haven't written a review for them in forever, but I'd recommend them if you like the genre

 

[mooshie78]

There is another thing you can do - when you don't buy an ebook based on price, go to Lost Book Sales - http://lostbooksales.com/ - register the book you didn't buy, why you didn't buy it, and what you did instead.

Thanks for the link. I hadn't heard of that site.

Submitted one for Between a Rock and a Hard place by Aron Ralson as the Kindle book is $11.99 while the paperback is $9.14.

 

[Lursa (aka 9MMare)]

There is another thing you can do - when you don't buy an ebook based on price, go to Lost Book Sales - http://lostbooksales.com/ - register the book you didn't buy, why you didn't buy it, and what you did instead.

Thanks! Bookmarked!

I submitted one for The Other Bolely Girl.

 

[Joseph Robert Lewis]

Meaning, not old or discounted paperback prices, but current retail price for the paperback. To me, they should at least be the same, I cant see any reason why an e-book should be more...except profit margin naturally.

I've seen ridiculous quotes from industry people about why they're inflating ebook prices and delaying ebook releases to protect hardcover sales. Some of them just flat-out don't understand that folks who buy kindles have switched gears and priorities.

 

[Krista D. Ball]

shrug I have an ereader. My gears have not shifted and my priorities have not changed. And I still clean the litter boxes at 7pm every night.

 

[mooshie78]

Agreed.  I haven't changed gears or priorities at all other than reading more than before!

Before I rarely bought hardcovers and usually waited for the paperback before buying a book (or I just used the library).

Now I do the same and don't buy the e-book unless it's the same price or less as a paperback.  So that means I'm still often waiting for the paperback to come out and the ebook price to be dropped to match it.  Sometimes I'll pay $10 for an e-book while the hardcover is out (or $14.99 in the case of A Dance with Dragons since I'm dying to read it!).  But usually I wait.

Otherwise, I haven't changed my habits.  I'm still mainly buying and reading mainstream books and not expecting to pay less for them than I did when reading paperbacks.

Though I know others have changed gears and mainly read free books and cheap indie books etc.

 

[Krista D. Ball]

Though I know others have changed gears and mainly read free books and cheap indie books etc.

My guess is that a lot of those also usually didn't buy new paperbacks and either bought used books at yard sales or used the library exclusively. So, really, not much has changed.

 

[Lursa (aka 9MMare)]

Agreed. I haven't changed gears or priorities at all other than reading more than before!

Before I rarely bought hardcovers and usually waited for the paperback before buying a book (or I just used the library).

Now I do the same and don't buy the e-book unless it's the same price or less as a paperback. So that means I'm still often waiting for the paperback to come out and the ebook price to be dropped to match it. Sometimes I'll pay $10 for an e-book while the hardcover is out (or $14.99 in the case of A Dance with Dragons since I'm dying to read it!). But usually I wait.

Otherwise, I haven't changed my habits. I'm still mainly buying and reading mainstream books and not expecting to pay less for them than I did when reading paperbacks.

Though I know others have changed gears and mainly read free books and cheap indie books etc.

I think this pretty much describes me too, altho I'm not that much into mainstream fiction...but am into mainstream non-fiction, even tho I like to read both.

And K has opened up a new world of small pubs and indies for me, which I appreciate.

But yeah....I have tons of books to read and can afford to be picky...and frugal...and still be happy. I am going to resist the big pubs forcing high prices down my throat.