Amazon: Any Price You Can Cut, I Can Cut Lower, I Can Cut Any Price Lower Than You

November 3, 2009 at 10:03 am PT

So, the race to $0 book prices continues.

As the AP notes this morning, the fierce price cutting in the book business, which until now had focused largely on pre-orders, has now spread to current works: Amazon.com (AMZN) is offering both John Grisham’s short-story collection Ford County and Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel The Lacuna for $9 apiece. Both books are officially being released today. Grisham’s book lists for $24, while the Kingsolver book lists at $26.99.

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