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[sic] I can see not wanting to include some of the unpopular stories that even the best authors sometimes churn out.  But in my opinion they should certainly keep single storylines complete.  You'd think that the economics of  ebooks would get rid of stupidity like not having MB1 in stock.

Well, its not like a brick and mortar store where shelf space is limited.. Really, the only cost would be storage and bandwidth. Inventory isn't really an issue.

Given that, I'm not sure what kind of licensing an ebookstore has with a publisher to offer their books. Do they have to pay to  have access to certain titles? I wouldn't think so, but I admit I'm ignorant on this topic, so could be completely wrong...

Those books may not even be available from the publisher (although, apparently the Mistborn series is available, but for some reason the Sony store doesn't offer it).

Unlike the digital music industry, which has had many years now to mature some, the eBook business is somewhat new and still growing. You have different DRM methods for different stores, usually locking you into their devices. Even among epub providers, they sometimes don't work (B&N, for example, doesn't appear to work with the Sony Reader). Hopefully, in the future, we'll see if there's some kind of standardization on format and DRM methods...

So much simpler when I preferred paperbacks.

Adrock, thanks a lot. That's perfect. I had found Fictionwise that had it, but not in epub version. I wasn't sure about B&N as I'd heard that even though its ePub, the DRM was different.

Gunman, A lot of people prefer the feel of a book and I respect that. A while ago, I was not interested in getting an ereader. Went on vacation a few months back, and I packed a bunch of books I was going to read, many of them hardbacks. My wife looked at that and asked if I was seriously going to pack that much. It was awkward at first, getting used to the ereader, but now its nice. I like to read a lunch time, and if I finish one book, I may not know what I want to read next.. Now, I have it loaded up with books "in my queue". Also, and was the biggest reason I got it, is I am a software dev, and have a lot of books I bought as PDFs. I can keep them all on my reader and don't have to be tied to the computer to read them.

Strange that it's not up on Sony's store.  You can buy the ePub on Kobo or B&N and load it to your Sony Reader if you'd like

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Mistborn-The-Final-Empire/book-52OOG5eleUKO4gf-IZu5cQ/page1.html