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eBookstore roundup: finding the best deals (continued)
At eBookMall, Cell is $16.99 for PDF/Microsoft Reader/eReader and $14.99 for Mobipocket, The Diana Chronicles is not available.
OUR RATING: 3 of 5
Etext Center at the University of Virginia
The University of Virginia's Etext Center has two thousand ebooks, all free, in Microsoft Reader and eReader format, and thousands more available only in HTML format. These books are nearly all literary classics, so if you're looking for the latest novel you won't find it here. Still, there are some wonderful old books here, and the formatting, while not fancy, is clean and readable.
Neither Cell nor The Diana Chronicles was available here, but a ton of great free stuff was.
OUR RATING: 4 of 5
Final shootout
So which of these online stores had the best deal. Let's look at them all side-by-side in Table A:
| Store |
Format |
Cell |
Diana |
| eReader.com |
eReader |
$8.99 |
$17.95 |
| Fictionwise |
Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, eReader, and PDF |
$16.99 |
$17.95 |
| BooksOnBoard |
Microsoft Reader, eReader, and PDF |
$7.01 |
$14.00 |
| BooksOnBoard |
Mobipocket |
$13.42 |
$14.00 |
| eBooks.com |
Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, and PDF |
$8.99 |
$17.99 |
| MobiPocket |
Mobipocket |
$16.99 |
$17.95 |
| ebooks.Palm.com |
eReader |
$8.99 |
$17.95 |
| eBookMall |
Microsoft Reader, eReader, and PDF |
$16.99 |
N/A |
| eBookMall |
Mobipocket |
$14.99 |
N/A |
| Etext Center |
Microsoft Reader, eReader, HTML |
N/A |
N/A |
As you can see, the price for Cell varies widely, where there's somewhat less fluctuation for The Diana Chronicles. BooksOnBoard had the lowest price for Cell, at $7.01, compared to the highest price of $16.99 at a variety of stores.
Clearly, if you're looking for the best price, it pays to shop around. We recommend visiting BooksOnBoard and eBooks.com for what will likely be the best price. The other shops are also fine, but you're likely to spend more.
Why not choose an eBook or two and give it a try?
James Booth is Editor-at-Large at ZATZ Publishing. In addition to writing for Computing Unplugged and Connected Photographer, he's the author of Do-It-Yourself Wedding Photography. A self-taught photographer, James also dabbles in digital graphics and has learned to be a PC and handheld specialist through personal trial and error. James can be reached at jbooth@zatz.com.
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