{"id":3470,"date":"2010-06-03T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=3470"},"modified":"2010-06-03T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T12:00:17","slug":"ebooks-which-publishers-are-doing-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/03\/ebooks-which-publishers-are-doing-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"eBooks ~ Which publishers are doing it right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other evening, while I was feeding my contemporary fix, I was pleasantly surprised.Why? Well I had just discovered <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Christie Ridgway <\/em><\/span>and I was searching for some\u00a0 books on her backlist. Currently she writes contemporary single titles for <a href=\"http:\/\/us.penguingroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Berkley Publishing<\/strong><\/a> (Penguin Group), but as I discovered she used to write them for <strong>Avon Books<\/strong>. So now I&#8217;m forced to decide which books should I start with, her older stuff from Avon or her newer stuff from Berkley. Since I was a bit anxious to get started reading more of her books and I own a handy dandy Sony eReader, it boiled down to this: which books could I get cheaper as an ebook.<\/p>\n<p>From experience, I know that <strong>HarperCollins<\/strong> no longer discounts their ebooks. They used to. I remember buying three of <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Lisa Kleypas&#8217;s<\/em><\/span> ebooks from her Wallflower series from the HarperCollins&#8217; eBook Store at 20% off retail price. Now, if I wanted to buy any of Chritie&#8217;s books, I was going to have to fork over full retail.\u00a0 On the other hand, over at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/us.penguingroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penguin Putnam<\/a><\/strong>, Christie&#8217;s ebooks were discounted one dollar. I bought three of her ebooks at <strong>Penguin Putnam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This, of course, moved <strong>Penguin Putnam Group<\/strong> up a notch in my book. I really find it very difficult to pay the same amount for an ebook that I would for a physical book. As much as I love my Sony eReader, one of things I miss most when I&#8217;m reading a book on it is skimming the way you do with physical books. Also, ebooks get lost in the plethora of other books I have on the eReader. Because I can&#8217;t &#8216;see&#8217; them crowding my bookshelf.\u00a0 It&#8217;s kind of like out of sight out of mind. I have to be purposely looking for that ebook in order for me to remember I have it waiting to be read. You see I can&#8217;t really do a TBR pile on my eReader. It just doesn&#8217;t compute.<\/p>\n<p>What I do love is the convenience of being able to download it the second I decide I want to read the book. That&#8217;s all joy and bliss. But again, the price has to be right and unless I&#8217;m desperate to read the book, I won&#8217;t pay the same price as I would the physical book.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, I was curious about which publishers discounted their ebooks and which did not. Here&#8217;s what I found.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Publishers Who Discount their eBooks:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sourcebooks<\/strong> (approx 40 -48% off retail)<br \/>\n<strong>Dorchester<\/strong> (approx 30% off retail)<br \/>\n<strong>Kensington<\/strong> (approx 20% off retail)<br \/>\n<strong>Medallion Press<\/strong> (approx 20% off retail)<br \/>\n<strong>Random House<\/strong> <strong><em>&#8211; <\/em><em>Ballantine, Bantam Dell<\/em><\/strong> (approx 20% off retail after the first week of release)<br \/>\n<strong>Harlequin<\/strong> (approx 19% off retail)<br \/>\n<strong>Penguin Putnam<\/strong> (discount is between 12-14% off retail)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Publishers Who DO NOT Discount their eBooks:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>HarperCollins<br \/>\nGrand Central<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Simon and Schuster<\/strong> (<em><strong>Pocket Books<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:05pm: Correction made regarding Random House.<\/strong> Does discount after 1st week of release.\u00a0 Although, when I looked last night at the 5\/25 releases, the ebooks were still full retail price. Today, there is a 20% discount.<\/p>\n<p>As I said above, I will very rarely buy an ebook that is not discounted. Like many things, book shopping can be a spur of the moment purchase for me. If the ebook price is right and the books sounds interesting, I&#8217;ll buy. If the ebook is not discounted will I make the effort to go out and get the physical book. Usually not. That&#8217;s what spur of the moment buying is all about. 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