They're at it again: Kindle users are giving Stephen King's new book Full Dark, No Stars bad reviews on Amazon. But unlike past protests, they're not complaining about the lack of Kindle version. Instead, they're complaining that the hardcover price is cheaper than the Kindle edition by about fifty cents.
Full rip-off, no quarter given,
By Frank RheeMy review concerns the Kindle e-book download, not the quality of SK's latest work of fiction.
At first I could not believe my eyes: the Kindle download is more expensive than the hardcover version. This is outrageous!
Can anybody explain why? Way to go for Kindle e-books..........NOT !
Et tu Brute?,
By Barbara A. SullivanI remember when you published a book on Kindle for pennies. Now it's $14.95?
Unfortunately as a retired senior I can't afford $14.95, so your one star review is not about the short stories. I haven't read them.
They are calling it the "Falling Stars Campaign."
In other Amazon news: Amazon is starting a contest for movie scripts, offering as much as $200,000 if they like your screenplay, with more if the movie actually gets developed. But it's not just for screenwriters: Filmmakers are encouraged to make entire "test movies"—full-length, semi-professional movies—to prove that Amazon should give them a job. According to a press release, this is the launch of Amazon Studios, a movie-making production company.
We'll see if this goes any better than Starbucks's foray into Hollywood.
