{"id":235,"date":"2009-01-05T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T23:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2009-01-06T19:31:30","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T00:31:30","slug":"sony-ebook-store-pricing-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=235","title":{"rendered":"Sony eBook Store Pricing Expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sony Book Store<\/a><\/p>\n

I wanted to have a look around, price things, yah? I really liked their eReader so was very interested to know how much they were charging for eBooks. Guess what: still a little high.<\/p>\n

New Moon<\/a>: The Twilight Saga, Book 2 by Stephenie Meyer
\neBook Publish Date: August 07, 2007 Filesize: 2.28 MB
\nList Price: $10.99 Save 10.0%
\nYou Pay: $9.89<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Graveyard Book <\/a>by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
\neBook Publish Date: September 29, 2008 Filesize: 1.51 MB
\nList Price: $17.99 Save 33.0%
\nYou Pay: $11.99<\/strong><\/p>\n

ALSO: BESTSELLERS pricing ranged from numbers like $7.19<\/strong> up to $11.99<\/strong>.
\nFor example: Ken Follet’s World Without End<\/a> they list at $22.00 and after a 46% discount sell it to you for $11.99<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So, okay. I know, they’re trying. They’re making the attempt. But it’s still a lot of money per book, don’t you think? You always have to figure in the $400 for the machine to read it.<\/p>\n

How the Sony eBook Store Works<\/a><\/p>\n

Click the above link for the complete “how to.” It looks pretty straightforward. You’ve got to set up your account at the Sony\u00c2\u00a0eBook\u00c2\u00a0Store. Then you buy the\u00c2\u00a0eBooks you want and download them to your PC. You upload them to your Reader from there.<\/p>\n

There’s special\u00c2\u00a0eBook Library software (a.k.a. “EBL”) you have to use to create and access your account information and to purchase, download, and transfer eBooks to\u00c2\u00a0your Reader with the same software.<\/p>\n