If you have been tempted to purchase the new Barnes & Noble e-book reader, priced at US $259, which has color and looks a lot nice than Amazon's Kindle, you may want to read the article linked below.

According to the author, B&N has priced too many of its e-books significantly higher than Amazon, for example:

* 1776 by David McCullough: $9.99 from Amazon; $14.40 from B&N

* Michael Crichton's State of Fear: $7.99 from Amazon; $11.99 from B&N

* Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons by Tim Russert: $9.99 from Amazon; $11.16 from B&N

* Robert J. Sawyer's Flash Forward: $7.85 from Amazon; $9.99 from B&N

* Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System -- and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin: $9.99 from Amazon; $14.99 from B&N.

http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/...azon/1256171500