{"id":894,"date":"2011-10-12T20:52:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T01:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2013-11-15T19:10:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T00:10:07","slug":"anthony-bourdain-ebook-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Bourdain eBook report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am a big fan of Anthony Bourdain<\/a>, I have seen most of the episodes of his TV show(s). I also have read many of his books. His breakout book was KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL. It is a wonderful book and continues to sell and sell.<\/p>\n

I was browsing through the Kindle store and noticed the eBook was discounted to $1.99 and was #1! Yes a decade old book had hit the top of the charts at the largest eBook retailer in the world. I then checked B&N nook and noticed the price was also $1.99. But the eBook clocked in at #125. Still a respectable number (especially since his other titles are in the #3,000 range). So pricing does work. But add in some promotion on Amazon, and it propelled the book to the top.<\/p>\n

I decided to check the other eBook retailers. Kobo has it for sale at $3.49. Sony Reader store for $3.99. Google eBooks for $8.61. Apple does not have it on sale.<\/p>\n

Actually Apple only has one Bourdain eBook on sale. The one from HarperCollins. The other six are from Bloomsbury and not available in the Apple iBookstore.<\/p>\n

Just one of the bizarre things that are happening in the emerging eBook universe. The top two in terms of market share, Amazon Kindle and B&N nook (combined 85-90%) are at $1.99. The rest of the world is selling at 2x – 4x higher. One doesn’t even sell it at all.<\/p>\n

There is a reason why two companies dominate eBook sales. This is just a small sample of that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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