Tuesday, January 12, 2010

New York Times Fiction Hardcover Best Sellers for Jan. 17, 2010 - eBook Prices

Each week I compare the eBook prices of the New York Times Fiction Hardcover Best Seller list at Amazon's Kindle Store, Barnes and Nobles' eBook Store, Sony's Reader Store and KoboBooks to help determine how competitive each major eBook store is.

The New York Times Best Seller List
Hard Cover Fiction, January 17th, 2010
#
Book Name and Author
Amazon
B&N
Sony
Kobo
1
THE LOST SYMBOL
$9.60
$9.60
$9.99
$9.99
by Dan Brown
2
THE HELP
$8.55
$8.55
$9.99
$9.99
by Kathryn Stockett
3
I, ALEX CROSS
$9.99
$9.99
$9.99
$9.99
by James Patterson
4
SIZZLE
$9.99
$9.99
$12.99
$9.99
by Julie Garwood
5
FIRED UP
$9.99
$9.99
$13.99
$9.99
by Jayne Ann Krentz
6
THE HONOR OF SPIES
$14.18
$9.99
$12.99
$9.99
by W .E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
7
DEEPER THAN THE DEAD
$9.99
$9.99
$12.99
$9.99
by Tami Hoag
8
THE LAST SONG
$8.80
$8.80
$9.99
$9.99
by Nicholas Sparks
9
ALTAR OF EDEN
$9.99
$0.00
$9.99
$9.99
by James Rollins
10
UNDER THE DOME
$9.99
$9.99
$9.99
$9.99
by Stephen King
11
U IS FOR UNDERTOW
$9.99
$9.99
$10.39
$9.99
by Sue Grafton
12
PIRATES LATITUDES
$9.99
$9.99
$9.99
$9.99
by Michael Crichton
13
FORD COUNTY
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
by John Grisham
14
I, SNIPER
$13.47
$9.99
$12.99
$9.99
by Stephen Hunter
15
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
$8.00
$8.00
$9.99
$9.99
by Stieg Larsson

Total Purchase Price:
$142.52
$124.86
$156.26
$139.86

This week, Barnes and Noble is by far the most affordable. Even if you add $9.99 back in to account for the temporarily free Altar of Eden, they still edge out Kobo by a few bucks.

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