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Old 09-25-2007, 04:32 PM   #35
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Originally Posted by rlauzon View Post
Tomorrow, the proposal is:
Reader spend $300+ to buy an eBook reader.
Reader spends almost full price for the eBook version, then throws them away.
Reader cannot buy the eBooks used. Reader cannot trade them in.

Doesn't seem like Harlequin "gets" anything.
I almost missed your real point there: Bring the price down so the reader won't feel loss from the inability to trade-in books. From Harlequin's perspective, the proposal above may be better than the present system, since they "get" no return from used book resales, but they can profit off of each e-book sale, no matter the amount. But I agree, e-book costs can be reduced since they will replace resales with new e-sales, and ultimately get more sales from each book.
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