Rumsfeld's new book (due out next week) on Amazon: $19.72 for the hardback. $19.90 for the eBook. Reeeely? Amazon plays the "Not me!" card on this one - blaming the publisher (which I have no reason to suspect is not true). 
Of course, I'm offended that with all the excoriation I threw Rumsfeld's way on the blog over the years, I wasn't offered a review copy of his new book. I mean, what's the point of being a micro-pundit if you can't score review books? 8^ D
Simon and Schuster lurve me. The Naval Institute Press lurves me Sentinel HC? No lurve.
Sigh.
Of course, I'm offended that with all the excoriation I threw Rumsfeld's way on the blog over the years, I wasn't offered a review copy of his new book. I mean, what's the point of being a micro-pundit if you can't score review books? 8^ D
Simon and Schuster lurve me. The Naval Institute Press lurves me Sentinel HC? No lurve.
Sigh.
BT: Jimmy T sends.
the DISCOUNTED price, yes. Not the retail price which is the price you'd pay if you bought the hardback from the same source as the eBook: the publisher.
That's the crux of the agency model customers, apple, and publishers forced on Amazon, Amazon can no longer set the price for eBooks but they can (and do) sell hardbacks for what they consider a good price (which is often a lot lower than the list price).