Ridiculous Kindle price
588509
C'mon Amazon!  The Kindle price is ridiculous.  Why alienate those of us who can make your product successful?  I desperately want to read this book, but I'll get it from the library.  No way am I paying this price.
438691
I have not read this book, and my one-star review is purely based upon the comparative prices. How can the Kindle price be nearly twice the paperback price? That's GROSS! The electronic version costs nothing to print and nothing to deliver. And for a book about invention, as well! The irony of it...

If Amazon would provide a place for price complaints, it would not have been necessary for me to couch this moan as a one-star review. I hope the author sees it and takes appropriate action.
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.
4494204
I must join the chorus of disappointed non-readers of this book in protesting the Kindle price.  It's obvious that the era of $9.99 everything is over, but this price point is just too much for a non-physical book.  Publisher, get real!  You are losing business and profits with this price.
71765
The book's actual cost is only $15.95, why are sellers marking up the price so high?
4603101
This review is not about the book itself, but about the Kindle Edition method of purchasing it. I love this book dearly, I really do, but seriously. Can anyone even BEGIN to explain to me why the Kindle edition is three dollars MORE EXPENSIVE than the paperback? With Kindle books, you don't even have to pay for the paper! To whoever it was who set these prices: I think it's disgusting that you would pull a dirty trick like that on your customers, knowing that a lot of people buy the Kindle edition first, without looking at the paperback. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

This book would have been an easy sale to me, Amazon, because I would really prefer to have it on my Kindle. But I will instead be buying the paperback from Barnes & Noble, even if it comes out to more than $12.99, out of sheer principle.
3125647
I have to agree with the other Kindle-user reviewers about the ridiculousness of the price of this book.  While a new, unknown author would have no clout with the publisher, surely someone like Follett would, and should.

I've put myself on the list at my library for the book.  And I won't buy it from Audible as I believe Amazon has a vested interest in the company.
3409312
I went to buy the Kindle edition of this book, and found it going for $15!!!; more than double what I could buy a great used edition for.  I never liked when others complained about the high price of a Kindle edition of a book; but I understand now.  As much as I want this book, I won't pay that exorbitant price!  I'll just buy it used, and the publisher gets $0, I save $7+, and no tree is harmed.....A "win-win" for me and the enviornment.

And Amazon, get some cujones, and at least hold firm at $9.99!
3534482
Ridiculous pricing here.

Get an Amazon.co.uk account. Change your Kindle Registration to the address of a friend in the UK. Buy the SF Masterworks Kindle edition of Dune for 4.99 ($8.00 US)

This is what I would do if I didn't still have a paperback version of this book handy. Does it violate any policies? I don't know. But I certainly felt violated when I saw Penguin's price for this e-book.
2181068
This publisher is from another planet.  The Kindle version changes price every day!  And it gets higher and higher...  You can buy this book in hardcover at discount stores for less than the Kindle electronic price.  This makes no sense.
2586331
A used novel in Amazon costs me US$0.01 plus shipping. Most Kindle novels go for US$9.99. And the Kindle itself would set me back by almost four hundred bucks. Not to mention that I would have to pay to download out of copyright books that I get for free on the Internet Archive. Thanks but no thanks. The Kindle is a wonderful expensive toy that I do not need.

January 28 2010: Funny. As best as I can remember, I gave this review one single star. And now it has five. Either I made a mistake (which I doubt) or amazon is cooking the reviews!
224582
Pengquin Publishing must be crazy to insist on a price of $12.99 for the Kindle edition of "Sharpe's Rifles" when I can purchase a new paperback copy for $l0.98.
Or, better yet, I can buy a used paperback copy for about $3 or $4. As long as publishers insist on prices higher than $9.99 for Kindle editions of their books, I shall continue to not buy them!
I shall, instead, read books like the complete works of Charles Dickens for free! And, I will purchase new books for Kindle at a price no higher than $9.99.
I really like my Kindle, but I will not pay extra for the books I read just to have them on my Kindle!
While production costs for a Kindle edition of a book are next to nothing compared to the production costs of paper copies, some publishers seem to be insisting on premium prices for Kindle editions... higher prices than they can get for their copies printed on paper! So, as long as publishers continue to insist on inflated prices for Kindle editions of their books, I will continue to read other material from other publishers.

Revised review 09/30/2013
My first review, shown above, was actually a review of Penguin Publishing's pricing policy of Kindle books versus their paper books. I did not intend for it to be a reflection on the novel. I am happy to see that Penguin appears to have re-assessed their pricing policy for Kindle versions.
I have changed my rating for the book to 5 stars. I am a great fan of Bernard Cornwell's historical novels, and I am working my way toward reading all of them. I believe it is historical fiction at its finest. Mr. Cornwell's historical novels are the best I have found to portray the flavor of British history from the Middle Ages (The Saxon Chronicles) through the 19th century (the Sharpe series).
693344
Fix the kindle price or I will not buy it.  There is no reason that the electronic copy should cost more than the hardback print copy.  Amazon marketed the kindle as a way to buy books for less cost because they were electronic not printed.  This is some greedy BS if you are going to charge more than a true printed book.
3471895
Love the author but again the publisher is gouging the customer to an exorbidant degree. $17.92 for a kindle version version of the book is outrageous especially when they pay almost half of that in the USA and I can buy an actual copy of this book for less than this price. This is just another example of publishers out of touch with their customers and losing their Authors both readers and sales. I fond someone else to read
2062663
Stop gauging us! It is ridiculous to charge this much for an eBook.
2633056
I was so excited to see the Economist was on Kindle, yet at that price...waaay to much for a digital subscription.
2377495
My God, $95.00 for such a brief book? The book sounds fascinating to me--I'd love to read it--but really, $95.00? And $80.99 for the Kindle version? I'm scared even to ponder how much the paperback version will set people back.