Ten Up For Today, Wednesday July 16, 2008

And that might be all, instead of the planned twenty.

The reason is that eReader has been delivering an unacceptable response rate and now I’m getting Service Unavailable.

I will end this for today and do the regular ten tomorrow.

Elias Canetti

Elias Canetti

Fictionwise
– no match –

eReader
– no match –

MobiPocket
– no match –

ereadable
– no match –

ebooks.com
– no match –

Microsoft Reader
– no match –

Diesel
– no match –

Powells
– no ebooks –

Sony eBook Store
– no match –

Amazon Kindle
– no match –

So much for Auto-Da-Fe and all the rest of his work. Do any of the people who run ebook stores actually read?

Robert Lee Hall

Robert Lee Hall

Fictionwise
– no match –

eReader
– no match –

MobiPocket
– no match –

ereadable
– no match –

ebooks.com
– no match –

Microsoft Reader
– no match –

Diesel
– no match –

Powells
– no ebooks –

Sony eBook Store
– no match –

Amazon Kindle
– no match –

A depth-gauge name, to see how deep ebooks go. Looks like my paperback copy of Exit Sherlock Holmes will have to be razored and scanned.

Edward Bunker

Edward Bunker

Fictionwise
Education of a Felon $25.95

eReader
Education of a Felon $25.95

MobiPocket
– no match –

ereadable
Education of a Felon $22.83 – eReader

ebooks.com
– no match –

Microsoft Reader
– no match –

Diesel
Education of a Felon $25.07 – eReader

Powells
Education of a Felon $23.03 – eReader

Sony eBook Store
– no match –

Amazon Kindle
– no match –

Kindle isn’t invulnerable after all. No Ed Wood, Jr. and now no Eddie Bunker.

But the asking price for this ebook is highway robbery.

Edward D. Wood. Jr.

Edward D. Wood. Jr.

Fictionwise
– no match –

eReader
– no match –

MobiPocket
– no match –

ereadable
I Want to Die in Drag: The Transgender Classic – $4.89 – .lit

ebooks.com
– no match –

Microsoft Reader
Refers to Powell’s and Diesel

Diesel – Mobi/.lit
I Want to Die in Drag: The Transgender Classic – $4.82 $4.69

Powells
I Want to Die in Drag: The Transgender Classic – $4.43 – .lit

Sony eBook Store
– no match –

Amazon Kindle
– no match –

Oh yes, that Ed Wood! He did a lot of print. It all needs to wind up in e, dammit! So does Rudolph Grey’s excellent biography!

Dow Mossman

Dow Mossman

Fictionwise – Mobi/.lit
The Stones of Summer – $9.95

eReader
– no match –

MobiPocket
– no match –

ereadable
– no match –

ebooks.com
– see below –

Microsoft Reader
Refers to Fictionwise and ebooks.com

Diesel
– no match –

Powells
– no ebooks –

Sony eBook Store
– no match –

Amazon Kindle
– no match –

The subject of the cult documentary The Stone Reader is poorly served in e. The ebooks.com listing Microsoft refers to has no file format or price!

And how can Fictionwise have it in MobiPocket format when MobiPocket claims not to have it at all? See what I mean about these ebook search engines overflowing with Suck? Writers will starve to death because their works can’t be found and bought!

Cristina Peri Rossi

Cristina Peri Rossi

Fictionwise
– no match –

eReader
– no match –

MobiPocket
– no match –

ereadable
– no match –

ebooks.com
– no match –

Microsoft Reader
– no match –

Diesel
– no match –

Powells
– no ebooks –

Sony eBook Store
– no match –

Amazon Kindle
– no match –

So much for Dostoyevsky’s Last Night in e, dammit!

Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay

Fictionwise
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $9.95
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $17.95
Dexter in the Dark – $17.95

eReader
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $9.95
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $17.95
Dexter in the Dark – $17.95

MobiPocket
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $9.95
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $17.95
Dexter in the Dark – $17.95

ereadable – .lit/eReader
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $9.95
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $15.79
Dexter in the Dark – $15.79

ebooks.com – Mobi/.lit
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $9.95
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $17.95
Dexter in the Dark – $17.95

Microsoft Reader
Refers to others

Diesel – Mobi/.lit/eReader
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $8.92 $9.34 $9.62
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $16.09 $16.84 $17.35
Dexter in the Dark – $16.09 $16.84 $17.35

Powells – eReader/.lit
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $8.83
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $15.93
Dexter in the Dark – $15.93

Sony eBook Store
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $8.96
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $12.56
Dexter in the Dark – $12.56

Amazon Kindle
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – $7.96
Dearly Devoted Dexter – $9.99
Dexter in the Dark – $9.99

Kindle for the win again. But all of these prices are higher than print editions!

Denise Mina

Denise Mina

Fictionwise – eReader/.lit/Mobi
Exile – $9.99
Garnethill – $9.99
Resolution -$9.99
Slip of the Knife -$16.99

eReader
Exile – $9.99
Garnethill – $9.99
Resolution -$9.99
Slip of the Knife -$16.99

MobiPocket
Exile – $9.99
Garnethill – $9.99
Resolution -$9.99
Slip of the Knife -$16.99

ereadable – .lit/eReader
Exile – $9.09
Garnethill – $8.59
Resolution -$9.09
Slip of the Knife -$15.46

ebooks.com – Mobi/.lit
Exile – $9.99
Garnethill – $9.99
Resolution -$9.99
Slip of the Knife -$16.99

Microsoft Reader
Refers to ebooks.com, Diesel

Diesel – Mobi/.lit/eReader
Exile – $8.96 $9.38 $9.66
Garnethill – $8.96 $9.38 $9.66 – .lit/eReader/Mobi
Resolution – $8.96 $9.38 $9.66
Slip of the Knife -$16.04 $16.04 $16.04

Powells – eReader/.lit
Exile – $8.87
Garnethill – $8.87
Resolution – $8.87
Slip of the Knife -$15.08

Sony eBook Store
Deception – $8.99
Exile – $8.99
Garnethill – $8.99
Slip of the Knife -$11.89

Amazon Kindle
Deception – $7.99
Exile – $7.99
Garnethill – $7.99
Slip of the Knife -$9.99

Odd that Deception isn’t available from everyone.

Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert

Fictionwise
Dune Messiah – $24.95

eReader
Dune Messiah – $24.95

MobiPocket
Dune Messiah – $24.95
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert – $20.95

ereadable – Mobi/.lit
Dune Messiah – $24.45

ebooks.com – Mobi/.lit
Dune Messiah – $24.95

Microsoft Reader
Refers to Diesel, Fictionwise, Powell’s, ebooks.com

Diesel – Mobi/eReader/.lit
Dune Messiah – $24.01 $25.13 $25.78

Powells -eReader/.lit
Dune Messiah – $23.08

Sony eBook Store
Dune Messiah – $17.46
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert – $19.56

Amazon Kindle
Dune Messiah – $7.99
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert – $9.99

That is just absolutely disgusting! Do they expect people to get into Dune by offering only the worst book in the series? Or did they figure the book was so bad, no one would want to pirate it? And are they serious with that hardcover-like price — or simply insane?

Even worse, I came across a listing for a book called The Secrets of Frank Herbert’s Dune — which is listed as No Longer On Sale. What does that mean? What if I still want it (I do!). Do I go looking for a pirate copy because some eejit company decided it was too much bother to take someone’s money for it?