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Old 09-30-2011, 08:34 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by allp View Post
Hello,

Was recently looking for a book via inkmesh.com, found it was on sale at Amazon and Kobo (plus others), went to Amazon and discovered the Kindle version was at $15, the new paper book at $18, and used paper books started at $2.

I feel the delta between Kindle and new paper is just too small, they must save a fortune in printing, shipping, storing etc so the ebook should be cheaper, say around $10.

Is this common? What are people's thoughts on the subject?
In most cases I prefer ebook, but sometimes the price is an over-riding consideration and I purchase the book used. Also many books I want are still not available as ebooks (poetry, non-fiction, science, technical).
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