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Kindle Makes Sarah Eggs
by SB Sarah | by SB Sarah | November 10, 2008 | Monday at 5:31 am | 15 Comments
All I’m saying is, for this much money, the Kindle better harness nuclear energy to make eggs, do laundry, and drive me to work every day. Holy shit. $6,232.00 for an EBOOK?! And that’s 20% off!
I mean, I get nervous wearing nice jewelry sometimes on the subway. Imagine having a SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR ebook on the Kindle?! I’d be afraid to touch the damn thing.
[Thanks to Student Tech News for the link.]
Filed: General Bitching, Free or Cheap Ebooks
rebyj said on 11.10.08 at 05:53 AM • [link]
wow! Well , we wouldn’t want Nuclear energy to be CHEAP now would we?
Were you tempted to download the free sample chapters just so you could ooooo and ahhhh over it? LOL
Anna the Piper said on 11.10.08 at 05:56 AM • [link]
*blinketyblinks*
*looks at Amazon link, then at urban fantasy ebook she has just sold, for which she will be lucky to make six hundred dollars, never mind six THOUSAND for ONE COPY*
Damn. Clearly I’m writing in the wrong genre!
ev said on 11.10.08 at 06:51 AM • [link]
DO NOT let my husband know about this book.
amy lane said on 11.10.08 at 07:12 AM • [link]
I’m sorry, I couldn’t actually read the price, the EEL PORN WAS STILL BURNING MY EYEBALLS!!!!
LindaM54 said on 11.10.08 at 07:42 AM • [link]
Go read the reviews. They’re a hoot. Better yet are the tags, which include “goofy”, “wacky”, “satire”, and “wtf”. LOL!
Joanne said on 11.10.08 at 08:02 AM • [link]
well…. you do save $1,558.00 by having a Kindle….. LMAO!
More Kindle:
Has anyone seen the reviews up on Amazon that are reflecting the price of the Kindle edition rather then reviewing the actual book? I finished the latest J.D. Robb In Death book and wanted to know for sure when in February the next one was coming and there were a bunch of 1 star reviews on Salvation In Death and I thought ... WTF?
They were about the price for the Kindle edition, not the writing. I hope this isn’t going to be a new wave of one star reviews on the ebook prices rather then the books. That’s not really the place to bitch about the prices but at least the ones that were there were taken off.
Danielle said on 11.10.08 at 10:44 AM • [link]
Text books are always expensive, because the market for them is so small.
That said, holy fuck.
eaeaea said on 11.10.08 at 01:19 PM • [link]
Is it a typo?
Love the reviews (all within the last 72hrs). My fave:
theo said on 11.10.08 at 03:09 PM • [link]
OMG! The Christmas gift review…I am still laughing hysterically over that one!! I think the most my DD1 has spent is a couple hundred bucks, as she puts it. Can’t wait to find out what her reaction is to this one!
Then again, she’s only going into medicine, holding people’s lives in her hands, not trying to build a better microwave….
SB Sarah said on 11.10.08 at 04:39 PM • [link]
All I can say is, if anyone does buy this one, please, oh please I am begging you, click on our commission link. I’ll, like, give away a car or something with the percentage commission. Holy shit.
thetechdiva said on 11.10.08 at 05:33 PM • [link]
My favorite part, besides the Christmas gift reveiw is seeing the “Customers Who Bought Items Like This Also Bought” section. Nuclear power and Stephen King books go great together.
DS said on 11.10.08 at 09:07 PM • [link]
They’ll probably come down—but I started wondering exactly where it would be more effective to complain about the price of ebooks—which is a sore point with me at times when publishers try to get the same price from an eBook as a dead tree book.
I doubt if a one star review by a protester is going to affect Ms Roberts’ sales though.
Joanne said on 11.10.08 at 09:27 PM • [link]
Oh, that wasn’t my point at all, I’m fairly positive that Ms Roberts can take care of herself and her sales.
I buy ebooks too and I also have a problem with the prices being the same as a hard copy, but that’s not what I was saying with my post. The point was that there have been such misuses of the Amazon reviews (and reviewers) already that one more is just another ‘something’ to take note of.
allison said on 11.11.08 at 12:34 AM • [link]
I wonder if you add in the uranium from amazon, if you can get combined shipping rates?
Chantel said on 11.11.08 at 03:55 PM • [link]
Sarah, where do we click on the Smart Bitches commission link? (Sorry, I am not buying this book so no new car!) However I do buy romance novels pretty regularly on Amazon and would be happy to send commission your way if I can, as I love this site and get great recommendations from you and your bitches. I mainly use the UK site (amazon.co.uk).
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