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Re: Skyhorse NA
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2012 Feb 13, 09:20 -0800
BTW, I think the Kindle is a pretty amazing device. Okay, it's a bit difficult to "flip through" a book, but the clarity of the display is superb, you can adjust type sizes, power consumption is minimal (thanks to the specific display technology) and a whole host of other features make the Kindle a very desirable item. To me, the biggest advantage is that one can store a whole bookshelf of books within a thin, tablet-sized piece of electronic gear. I can think of a whole host of activities (everything from long airplane flights to relaxing on the balcony of a beachfront hotel) where a Kindle full of books would be way more convenient than a suitcase of books.
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2012 Feb 13, 09:20 -0800
Shipping for the hardcopy Skyhorse NA from Amazon is $3.99, bringing the delivered cost up a bit over $14. That assumes you aren't putting together a $25 order to get free shipping. So the Kindle version is still more expensive.
BTW, I think the Kindle is a pretty amazing device. Okay, it's a bit difficult to "flip through" a book, but the clarity of the display is superb, you can adjust type sizes, power consumption is minimal (thanks to the specific display technology) and a whole host of other features make the Kindle a very desirable item. To me, the biggest advantage is that one can store a whole bookshelf of books within a thin, tablet-sized piece of electronic gear. I can think of a whole host of activities (everything from long airplane flights to relaxing on the balcony of a beachfront hotel) where a Kindle full of books would be way more convenient than a suitcase of books.
Lu
From: Frank Reed <FrankReed@HistoricalAtlas.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:23 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Skyhorse NA
"I noticed that it is available on the Kindle (Amazon's electronic book reader) and was hoping that would prove to be a $5 edition (bits are a lot cheaper than paper). Surprise, the Kindle version is $16.50!"Are you comparing the paper book without shipping to the digital book WITH shipping? As I understand it, most Kindle prices include the overhead of the built-in cellular delivery in the standard Kindle devices.Incidentally, it's available on iTunes for iPhone/iPad/iEtc for $14.99.-FER
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