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

[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.