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Originally Posted by HarryT
You have a very low regard for the work that goes into writing a book if you think that $10 is a "ridiculous" price for a book.
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I feel that the criticism of e-book prices is valid. E-books cost as much as (and partly more than) paper books even though there are no costs for postage, storage, paper. It's counter-intuitive that e-books cost the same, and it really just translates to more profit for the publishers. In addition, you can't re-sell an e-book.
Authors see very little of the $10-20 that a book costs.
The "can't afford" aspect is relevant to a discussion about piracy. The more expensive an e-book is, the more people will look into alternative ways of obtaining it. That doesn't make it legally acceptable, but then again, many things are legally unacceptable but nevertheless widely accepted by people (like removing DRM, which numerous folks consider ethically fine).