Ok, starting a new thread looking at real pricing for NYT best sellers https://twitter.com/kidsilkhaze/status/1115293506946387968

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'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 '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'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's see what'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's what's new to the hardcover fiction and nonfiction lists this week. Later today or this weekend I'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