Amazon Kindle

I'm going to wait for the new paperwhite which will hopefully push the first PW price down and I'll buy one.

Amazon have been out of original Paperwhites for a month or so - which was a big indicator that a refresh was coming.

So the only ones left are those in stock at retailers. The new one is the same price as the old one. I bought my dad a paperwhite from PCWorld last week - they still have loads. But I doubt you will see a price drop unless retailers cut the price to clear inventory. The other way of getting one cheaper is look for refurbs from Amazon.

Amazon just announced new Paperwhite ... really tempted to order it. Atm I just have the cheapest kindle. Thing is, I can't think of any real reason other than I want one. My kindle works fine. #1stworldproblems

Same here. A bit of googling suggests that the paperwhite has a better collections manager and you can jailbreak it and add a further better collections manager though.

I've got a load of long-haul flights coming up so if it was available now I think I'd buy it. As it is, I'm not going to buy a current one as it's being superseded and by the time it's released I may have had second thoughts.

I quite like the dictionary aspect and the Wiki, being able to search certain word for reference was really useful with 3G without relying on your phone to find out more information.

My Kindle Fire HD now runs the Kinology ROM
The verdict: Cheaper than the ipad mini, with better hardware, and now with access to the entire Google Play store.

Just been bought a kindle paperwhite for my birthday. Hoping it will mean I can get back into reading without having to fill up my shelves with books that reproach me for not flicking through them, and taking up shit loads of space.

It's probably been mentioned before, but am I the only one shocked by how expensive books for the kindle are? It feels like when CD's replaced vinyl, smaller, digital product, less packaging, but costing the same, or more than what they are replacing.

If the paperback coasts 7.99 I'm not expecting a digital version of it to cost the same or more, it just feels ridiculous, one book I went looking for cost twenty quid, the paperback didn't cost that much when it was first published...

Just venting.

As you were.

Some books that I want to read are simply not on Kindle which is a huge disappointment. Kindle books do attract VAT which normal books do not. That said, Kindle opens up a wonderful world of free out of copyright material which compensates, to some extent, for the cost of other things. That said, generally Kindle books are as cheap as or cheaper than paper versions. The other wonderful benefit, of course is that as you get older, as you are doing Corny, you can change the font to save your aging eyes.

If the paperback coasts 7.99 I'm not expecting a digital version of it to cost the same or more, it just feels ridiculous, one book I went looking for cost twenty quid, the paperback didn't cost that much when it was first published.
My experience has tended to be that the ebook version is half the paperback price.

Although I did almost accidentally buy a £60 ebook this weekend.

TW2, have noticed that, but even then I still think its two or three quid more expensive than it should be/ could be. I know the book industry is in a tight space, and that publishers may just be trying to claw back monies from readers to supplement the falling "real" book sales, but it just feels like they are pricing ebooks too highly.

Some books that I want to read are simply not on Kindle which is a huge disappointment.

Don't you just download those from a torrent site?

Don't you just download those from a torrent site?

Someone will need to have published them in some sort of ebook format in the first place, no?

TW2, have noticed that, but even then I still think its two or three quid more expensive than it should be/ could be. I know the book industry is in a tight space, and that publishers may just be trying to claw back monies from readers to supplement the falling "real" book sales, but it just feels like they are pricing ebooks too highly.
Without doubt - it's a rantworthy topic.

You need to remember, that you are buying content, not paper. I like buying good ideas. Paying incentives people to have them.

Yes, I know that [insert hungry media distributor here] cuts out a huge slice...

That's not strictly true is it? Books / ebooks are priced way above the level that might be shown to incentivise.

The current publishing industry demonstrably reduces creativity, with pricing being a factor of this.

Yes. I'm a simple soul.

What I have noticed though, is that there is a growing catalogue of self published stuff which under the old model may never have seen the light of day (in some case justifiably).

Very true - and it is also an area that the traditional publishing industry looks to get in the way of - pressuring Amazon not to sell self-published titles, for example, or by just buying the mechanics or self publishing (and the patents on the ideas) and sitting on them / blocking new market entrants.

david millar autobiography going for £1.49
Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar eBook: David Millar, David Brailsford: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

donna tartt new novel, ebook more expensive than paperback

The Goldfinch eBook: Donna Tartt: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

My foray into this thread prompted me to read this article. Can E-Books Save The Neighborhood Bookstore?

Jaygee, I find that after reading the article and seeing the Zola website, I'm more likely to give them my money that Amazon, not sure why? But seems like a better model, and something that should be encouraged...

It is a nice strategy. Hopefully it takes off. The site is new to me, and I am not sure if the $ price tags mean that the service is only available in America.

As you know, I have rather narrow reading habits. I would love it if I could just buy and download books directly from authors.

Don't you just download those from a torrent site?

The particular books are those written by a certain "Andrew Green".

http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/libraries-and-ebooks-spending-big-on-fifty-shades-of-grey/

Someone will need to have published them in some sort of ebook format in the first place, no?

No, it only requires a single person to either scan the book (through an OCR tool) or to type it in (it happens).

You need to remember, that you are buying content, not paper. I like buying good ideas. Paying incentives people to have them.

Yes, I know that [insert hungry media distributor here] cuts out a huge slice...

A lot of what I read are old books, long out of copyright with dead authors. Exactly what does the £7 Penguin version buy me?

I assumed when cliveo said he couldn't find them it was because they are not recently published.

That said, I'm unconcerned by piracy anyway. I actually buy a lot of Kindle books, and I'm pretty sure that people do break the DRM and then torrent those, but I pay for recent stuff (author incentive) and download old stuff (because why pay for bits when no author benefits and we already paid for the distribution).

Anyhow, it is out there. It happens.

As an aside, just finished a great book on my Kindle (purchased book)... Jonathan Trigell's "Genus". It's a dystopian look at London in less than a hundred years, and speculation on how science and genetic modifications might be used to further subjugate the masses whilst eradicating the less desirable elements.

Highly recommended.

I torrented all the books I already owned when I got my Kindle. I'd bought them new, like fuck I was going to pay for them again!