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 prints their Best Seller lists a week in advance on their website.
The New York Times Best Seller List Hard Cover Fiction, Sundary February 14th, 2010 | |||||
# | Book Name and Author | Amazon | B&N | Sony | Kobo |
1 | THE HELP | 8.55 | 8.55 | 9.99 | 8.55 |
by Kathryn Stockett | |||||
2 | THE LOST SYMBOL | 9.60 | 9.60 | 9.99 | 9.60 |
by Dan Brown | |||||
3 | KISSER | 9.99 | 9.99 | 12.99 | 9.99 |
by Stuart Woods | |||||
4 | BLOOD TIES | 9.99 | 9.99 | 14.30 | 9.99 |
by Kay Hooper | |||||
5(1) | THE FIRST RULE | 9.99 | 9.99 | 12.99 | 9.99 |
by Robert Crais | |||||
6 | THE SWAN THIEVES | 8.79 (2) | 8.79 (2) | N/A | N/A |
by Elizabeth Kostova | |||||
7 | I, ALEX CROSS | 9.99 | 9.99 | 9.99 | 9.99 |
by James Patterson | |||||
8 | THE LAST SONG | 4.99 | 4.99 | 9.99 | 4.99 |
by Nicholas Sparks | |||||
9 | THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE | 8.00 | 8.00 | 9.99 | 8.00 |
by Stieg Larsson | |||||
10 (1) | ROSES | 9.99 | 9.99 | 9.99 | 9.99 |
by Leila Meacham | |||||
11 | THE WOLF AT THE DOOR | 9.99 | 9.99 | 12.99 | 9.99 |
by Jack Higgins | |||||
12 | THE BURNING LAND | 9.09 (2) | 9.99 (2) | N/A | N/A |
by Bernard Cornwell | |||||
13 | IMPACT | 8.87 (2) | 8.87 (2) | N/A | N/A |
by Douglas Preston | |||||
14 | I, SNIPER | 9.99 | 9.99 | 12.99 | 9.99 |
by Stephen Hunter | |||||
15 | NOAH’S COMPASS | 9.99 | 9.99 | 9.99 | 9.99 |
by Anne Tyler | |||||
Total Price: | 137.81 | 138.71 | 136.19 (3) | 111.06 (3) | |
Average Price: | 8.52 | 9.25 | 11.35 | 9.26 | |
(1) Sales virtually indistinguishable from the title above. | |||||
(2) Title available for pre-order. | |||||
(3) Three items not available. | |||||
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It will be interesting to see how these prices change as the publishers try to collude in raising them.
ReplyDeleteAmazon and B&N list look identical - why the difference at the bottom?
ReplyDeleteNice catch nlevenstein - the list is actually not identical, but there's less than a dollar difference. I corrected the totals (awful typo on my part). The difference was the Burning Land, which B&N charges more for on a pre-order basis.
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