eBooks: A Price Comparison Test

Yesterday, Google opened the Google eBookstore to Canadians.   I already have the Amazon Kindle application and the Apple iBooks application installed on my iPad.  Do I really need to start another eBook library?

I thought I’d do a quick price comparison, to see if there was an advantage to using one store over the other, and here’s what I found.

Book Title Amazon Price Apple Price Google Price
Persuasion: A New Approach to Changing Minds by Arlene Dickinson  $ 16.96  $ 14.99  $ 14.99
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson  $ 20.72  $ 17.99  $ 17.99
The Litigators by John Grisham  $ 13.49  N/A  $ 13.49
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks  $ 12.99  $ 12.99  $ 12.99

So a quick look at four book titles would seem to show that prices are quite similar on the three eBook stores in question, although Amazon can be  a little higher.