Great News! My Books Are Now Available on Smashwords!

 

Great news! If you like to get your ebooks on Smashwords, my books are now available on that platform!

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This does not compute.

Over on Amazon, Janet Evanovich's reissue of HERO AT LARGE is $9.59 on the Kindle.  In plain ole paperback, it's $7.99. 
http://www.amazon.com/Hero-at-Large-Janet-Evanovich/dp/0061985945/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269011841&sr=1-4

If I order it on Fictionwise, it's $11.99 (not counting discount).
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b106479/a-href-ebooks-b106479-Hero-at-Large-Janet-Evanovich-si0Hero-at-Large-a/Janet-Evanovich/?&si=0

What gives?  I thought e-prices were supposed to be CHEAPER.  Whereas this is telling me that driving down to the local B&N would be less costly.

Are ebooks becoming more expensive because of the convenience?