eReader and Fictionwise cutting prices

[quivo]

eReader to match Amazon eBook pricing:

I was thrilled to get this notice today from Fictionwise that details its new pricing scheme:
- No e-book priced over $12.
- All new e-books $9.95 or less
- All New York Times bestsellers $9.95
- Plus 15% rewards on all purchases

Has anyone bought anything from eReader or Fictionwise lately? I haven't, mostly because I got tired of the higher prices AND having to strip the DRM from my .mobi purchases, so this is an interesting development indeed.

Comments

[elf]

I've never bought from eReader; I regularly buy from Fictionwise but only the multiformat books, so I don't have to deal with DRM, and don't get any of the currently-popular selectons.

I had noticed that FW's prices were higher than a lot of other places. FW still has the higher prices; it's only eReader that offers these new deals. (Oddly, Lord of the Rings trilogy is $9.95, but each individual book in it is $12.95. I suppose they'll get more weirdness like that if they've got a price cap.)

[quivo]

Fictionwise's multiformat pricing is really where they seem to be consistently in the <$15 range that I expect from ebooks. With anything even a bit recently published, they are all over the place, so I was hoping it wasn't just eReader doing the new pricing.

I think they may be testing the market by using the pricing in just one of their stores, but I'm not sure it's even worth the effort or the potential confusion for customers to lower prices if they aren't doing it across the board.

[darkemeralds]

I bought a title from Fictionwise not TOO long ago (since the buyout, anyway). I've always liked their multi-format approach. The B&N overlordship doesn't seem to have resulted in any really drastic changes.

The new pricing scheme is approaching "acceptable."

[quivo]

The B&N overlordship doesn't seem to have resulted in any really drastic changes.

The new pricing is one thing I suspect B&N had a hand in, actually. I'm hoping they did, because that would mean they're serious about trying to make themselves an even better player in the market versus just making sure they've got a stake via Fictionwise.