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In this thread, "library print" refers to the cost our vendors charge us for a print copy. OverDrive is the main vendor libraries use to offer e books. Prices are set by publisher though, not OverDrive.

Educated by Tara Westover has an SRP of $28
Amazon print $16.80
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.80
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Becoming by Michelle Obama has an SRP of $32.50
Amazon print $17.95
Kindle $14.99
Library print $17.62
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

American Carnage by Tim Alberta has an SRP of $29.99
Amazon print $17.39
Kindle $12.99
Library print $15.71
OverDrive $18.99 for 12 months

The Pioneers by David McCullough has an SRP of $30
Amazon print $18
Kindle $14.99
Library print $16.26
OverDrive $20.99 for 12 months

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo has an SRP of $27
Amazon print $16.20
Kindle $13.99
Library print $14.63
OverDrive $19.99 for 12 months

Unfreedom of the Press by Mark R. Levin has an SRP of $28
Amazon print $16.8
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.18
OverDrive $20.99 for 12 months

Justice on Trial by Mollie Z Hemingway has an SRP of 28.99
Amazon print $17.39
Kindle $12.99
Library print $15.71
OverDrive $18.99 for 12 months

Ok--will continue later.

America& #39;s Reluctant Prince by Steven M Gillon has a SRP of $29
Amazon Print $17.40
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.72
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Howard Stern Comes Again has an SRP of $35
Amazon print $20.45
Kindle $16.99
Library print $18.97
OverDrive $23.99 for 12 months

The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates has an SRP of $26.99
Amazon print $16.57
Kindle $13.99
Library print $14.63
OverDrive $60 for earlier of 52 checkouts or 24 months

The Second Mountain by David Brooks has an SRP of $28
Amazon print $15.42
Kindle $13.99
Library print $15.18
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson has an SRP of $40
Amazon print $24
Kindle $19.99
Library print $21.68
OverDrive $60 for earlier of 52 checkouts or 24 months

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb has an SRP of 28
Amazon Print $15.63
Kindle $12.99
Library Print $15.18
OverDrive $28

The Man Who Sold America by Joy-Ann Reid has an SRP of $27.99
Amazon print $12.49
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.17
OverDrive $27.99 for 26 checkouts

Dapper Dan by Daniel Day has an SRP of $28
Amazon print $20.13
Kindle $13.99
Library print $15.18
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Moving onto the fiction list!
The New Girl by Daniel Silva has an SRP by $28.99
Amazon print $17.39
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.71
OverDrive $28.99 for 26 checkouts

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens has an SRP of $26
Amazon print $15.59
Kindle $14.99
Library print $14.09
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead has an SRP of $24.95
Amazon print $14.97
Kindle $12.99
Library print $13.52
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Under Currents by Nora Roberts has an SRP of $28.99
Amazon print $17.39
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.71
OverDrive $60 for the earlier of 52 checkouts or 24 months

Summer of & #39;69 by Elin Hilderbrand has an SRP of $28
Amazon print $16.80
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.18
OverDrive $65 for 24 months

Window on the Bay by Debbie Macomber has an SRP of $27
Amazon print $16.20
Kindle $13.99
Library print $14.63
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes has an SRP of $26
Amazon Print $15.60
Kindle $12.99
Library Print $14.09
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert has an SRP of $28
Amazon print $16.73
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.18
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Backlash by Brad Thor has an SRP of $27.99
Amazon print $12.49
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.17
OverDrive $20.99 for 12 months

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner has an SRP of $28
Amazon print $16.80
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.71
OverDrive $20.99 for 12 months

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides has an SRP of $26.99
Amazon print $15.99
Kindle $13.99
Library print $14.63
OverDrive $60 for earlier of 52 checkouts or 24 months

The Chain by Adrian McKinty has an SRP of $28
Amazon print $16.17
Kindle $13.99
Library print $15.18
OverDrive $65 for 24 months

Lost and Found by Danielle Steel has an SRP of $28.99
Amazon print $12.93
Kindle $14.99
Library print $15.71
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Shamed by Linda Castillo has an SRP of $26.99
Amazon print $18.36
Kindle $13.99
Library print $14.63
OverDrive $60 for earlier of 52 checkouts or 24 months

Red Metal by Mark Greaney has an SRP of $27
Amazon print $18.36
Kindle $13.99
Library print $14.63
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

But please, Macmillan, tell me again how it& #39;s LIBRARIES that are eating into ebook sales.

(I want to clarify that this is US pricing for US libraries. I don’t know about other countries)

Let& #39;s see what& #39;s new to the NYT lists this week and how prices differ between libraries and the general public!

Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch has an SRP of $26.00
Amazon Print $15.23
Kindle $12.99
Library Print $14.09
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston has an SRP of $28
Amazon Print $22.40
Kindle $13.99
Library Print $15.18
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

One Good Deed by David Baldacci has an SRP of $29
Amazon Print $14
Kindle $14.99
Library Print $15.72
OverDrive $65 for 24 months

Thrawn: Treason by Timothy Zahn has an SRP of $28.99
Amazon Print $12.99
Kindle $14.99
Library Print $15.71
OverDrive $55 for 24 months

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman has an SRP of $26.99
Amazon Print $18.36
Kindle $12.99
Library Print $14.63
OverDrive $26.99 for 26 checkouts

That& #39;s what& #39;s new to the hardcover fiction and nonfiction lists this week. Later today or this weekend I& #39;ll look at the ebook bestseller lists

The Mueller Report with related materials by The Washington Post has an SRP of $15
Amazon Print $7.20
Kindle $10.99
Library Print $9.30
OverDrive $43.99 for 24 months

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance has an SRP of $27.99 (hardcover)
Amazon Print $14.87
Kindle $11.99
Library Print $15.17
OverDrive $16.99 for 26 checkouts

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