Kindle Books Should Be 50% Cheaper

July 11, 2009 · Comments

in Musings

Amazon Kindle books are still too expensive. For a copy of a book that is locked up on your Kindle and can’t be shared with friends or resold, the $10 or so average is about twice as much as I want to pay. Yes, it’s already cheaper than a paper copy, but it’s still too pricey for something I might want to buy again (like a paper copy to hand to a friend).

If Kindle books were about 50% cheaper I’d be buying books all the time. Where $0.99 seems to be the sweet spot for songs, I think the sweet spot for books is about 5 bucks.  I would spend a lot more money on books at that price.

Tagged as: Amazon, Books, digital books, Kindle

  • Totally agree. I won't get a Kindle until they lower the price -- and until Robert Jordan gets Kindle editions. =)
  • The iphone kindle app is pretty cool. You can't get subscriptions -- books
    only -- but still cool. First, it's free, so it let me try kindle books
    without a big investment up front. Second, having books on your phone is
    really convenient for lunch or waiting in line. One less bulky thing to
    carry around.

    Too bad there are still a lot of books without a kindle edition. I click on
    the "tell publisher I want a kindle edition" link a lot more often now.
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