Ebook STILL more expensive than paperback ?
920930
As of this writting the book has been out for close to a year but the ebook is $11.99 while the paperback is $7.99 !!!

Really !  The ebook is more expensive than the paperback ?

What - the - heck ?
2177091
Something must have gone wrong with how prices are set on this eBook.  Note: it is an "E" book, electronic.  It's a Kindle book.  Many have noted that there is no hard costs with such books, but you know what?  I don't care.  I'm willing to pay full paperback price for a book I enjoy.  I'd rather not, I don't know why I should, but I will.  I get the advantages over paper, keep it with me, make notes, book mark, search/lookup and so on.  So it's worth full price.  But twice that?!  Really?  How is that even possible?  I should point out that the $12.99 is a 52% savings over the $26.95 print list price... which isn't anywhere on the costs listed.  The audio version is only 21.95, so you couldn't spend that much if you tried!

Look at the pricing.  $12.99 for Kindle eBook version.  $9.66 for Paperback.  $7.99 for Amazon "Mass Market" paperback.  But what the hay, for a buck more get the hard cover... Yet there's more!  USED paperback is more than a NEW paperback.  Really? (note very puzzled face of this reviewer) Of course that's after I get over the "Amazon Price" (which doesn't have the Kindle price?) but it's notable that their costs are higher.  $2.00 higher for the hardcover and "Mass Market" only paperback.  Interesting, no used mass market...

Now I'm hoping that as you read this you are saying, "what's he talking about, the prices look right" and that this means someone woke up to the pricing on this book being wrong.  Until then, sadly, a good book has to go unread.
1125933
Like all Amazon books, the Kindle edition is seriously overpriced. Why should a consumer pay so much more for a Kindle version than a paperback? Sorry, there are too many other options. I can put my Kindle in the drawer and buy them so much cheaper from other sources. I am not captive to Amazon!
1184509
The book is great. However, you'd be insane to pay $15.99 for an ebook version of a book that came out 15 years ago. Buy a used paperback for $0.01.
100176
How in world can you charge more for the print version vs. the Kindle version? $24 for Kindle vs. $15 for print...doesnt make any sense to me.
143557
I've read the hobbit before, and thought it would be fun to re-read it...until I saw the price.  $9.99 for the Kindle edition vs. $7.99 for the paperback edition?  Does this make sense to anyone?  :o/
977597
I have never offered any comment on Kindle ebook pricing as a factor in book quality through a review, but the egregious price gouging for this particular book has prompted me to give a measly one star to this one. The hardcover of The Burning Room, at $14.00 is cheaper than the Kindle $14.99 version! Ridiculous. If all these negative comments about pricing get the publisher's attention, good. I have read most of Michael Connelly's books, but this one? I may boycott.
4732326
$199 for a book written by a single author...in paperback form. I could understand hardcover, but paperback which is bound to get damaged after a few years...why so costly?
563146
It really is a shame that a paperback book can be soooo expensive.  There are people who want to buy the book but cannot afford it.  Why is it not on Kindle?  Hopefully it wouldn't be expensive on Kindle.
4173264
Yes, as everyone else has noted, this is far more expensive ($120/yr or about $2.50 a week) than the print subscription most of us have or had ($67/yr or about $1.30 a week), but it is still less than the newsstand price ($6 a week).  But lets remember, these prices are based on advertisement and method of delivery.  Print is expensive because everything is in color on gloss paper, but there are the advertisements to offset the cost.  The kindle version is cheaper because there is no printing and therefore no cost there, but there are no advertisements to go along with it.

Do I think it's reasonable to pay a bit more for an electronic subscription?  Yes, especially because it is hard to come by a print copy and I don't care to read for long periods on a computer.  However, I do think we should have access to the online version at the same time.
4038404
This looks like a great book. Why is it 7.99 in paperback and still 12.99 on Amazon?
3155604
Love the book itself.  I have and old copy from 1990 and wanted to get the updated version.  So I checked out Amazon first.  Boy did I get an unpleasant shock. 35 dollars for a PAPERBACK?  What are these people on?  Amazon, I know you have had pricing issues with publishers, but if this is publisher pricing, you need to sit down with them and slap them on the wrist for this.  If this is an outside seller, ban them from your site.  If it is your pricing, stop the greed and price these appropriately (and I know enough about Amazon to believe this is your pricing, since I knoe you are committing piracy by working outside the book rights as far as pricing and putting DRM's on ebooks so they can't be read on other devices.  Newsflash: you don't own the rights.  And people should be able to put books they pay for on whatever device in whatever format they want.  And they should have a permanent copy to save to disc.  Not cloud items in cyberspace.).  Since when is a paperback ever worth more than 10 dollars?  Some 12 or 13, but I have never seen a paperback priced at 35 dollars!  Especially not for a book that is printed 23 years after the original issue.  Get this straightened out or lose customers, Amazon.  Your greed is showing, and is not acceptable to a thinking public!
560964
I am getting tired of seeing the Kindle price more than the cost of a paperback.  I will not order this book until prices are reasonable.  $10.99 for Kindle vs. $7.19 for paperback.
2515594
I've read this book and it is good but $7.99 for an ebook that's been out in paperback for 6 years?  That's a ripoff.
92684
Does Anybody Know Why This Book, Hardcover and Paperback....Is So EXPENSIVE????  Sure I read it, and liked it...but I had to get it from the library!
3215073
For a first time author, why does he think his book is worth more than $9.99 on kindle? I would have bought it if it was 9.99 - but 14.27 - it's not worth the additional $4.83. I will wait to buy it at deep discount in 3 months - when all the hard copies are going for the cost of postage and shipping. Paul Mpls, MN
4506590
I just don't get why this is so expensive. I have a 3G iPhone with a FREE eReader app called Stanza. I can read the exact same books that the Kindle does plus all the other features of 3rd party apps including PDF support.

If Amazon really wanted to sell this thing they'd subsidize the cost and create a membership package to a virtual book club. 99 bucks for the reader and 29.99 a year for the club would the sweet spot for me.