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2013 Oscar Award has been revealed, somebody jubilates somebody care, but the judges are right forever. Many of this year's award winning movies are based on literary works, and it is no-doubt the Oscar will be the momentum of the rising up of those books sales.
Almost all the popular eBook stores have taken activities to cater to this event, they publish the new edition of those classical books, or mix the movie elements into the eBooks like action still and original audio.
The comparison is held among Amazon, Sony, Nook, Kobo, and iBooks. The book must be the same edition, and the currency is US Dollar.
Here begins the comparison, first is the Best Motion Picture, Argo.
The original book is written by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio, and Ben Affleck turn it into a movie. The book's name is Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History.
Amazon Price: $9.99
Sony Price: $9.99
Nook Price: $9.99
Kobo Price: $9.99
iBooks Price: $9.99
Result: All the 5 stores are selling this book with the same price.
Then goes to the Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln.
This movie's original book is Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, it is written by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Amazon Price: $9.99
Sony Price: $12.24
Nook Price: $9.99
Kobo Price: $15.30
iBooks Price: $9.99
Result: Amazon, Nook and iBooks are winners, while Kobo is on the bottom.
Now turns to the Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook.
This book is written by Matthew Quick and pulished in 2010, and the the name is just exactly same as the movie.
Amazon Price: $9.99
Sony Price: $9.99
Nook Price: $9.99
Kobo Price: $9.99
iBooks Price: $9.99
Result: All the 5 stores are selling this book with the same price.
Achievement in Directing: Ang Lee, Life of Pi
This movie is also adapted from the novel with the same name which is written by Yann Martel and published the first edition in 2002.
Amazon Price: $8.33
Sony Price: $8.79
Nook Price: $9.99
Kobo Price: $10.79
iBooks Price: Not available in US Store, while 5.99 in UK Store, equals $9.08
Result: Amazon is the top while Kobo again the bottom.
From the 4 games above, people can easily figure out that Amazon offers the books with the cheapest price. It is no doubt that Amazon is the #1 choice to buy eBook.
But here comes the problem, you can only use Kindle device or Kindle app to read their books, what if someone wants to read them by iBooks on iPad, or some third-party reading apps like Aldiko, Moon+ Reader on Android phone?
The best solution is converting the Kindle books to PDF, as the PDF is the most widely supported eBook format in this planet, it is pretty sure all the reading devices accept this format.
If you do not know how to convert a Kindle book to PDF, this guide can help you: http://www.epubor.com/convert-kindle-to-pdf.html, and notice, you can have the conversion totally free with the guide.
Jonny Greenwood has got experiences in eBooks and eReaders, works for Epubor and aims at sharing all he knows for you readers.
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