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Originally Posted by GA Russell
It's hard to compete with free!
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Yes, it is hard to compete with free. But it is also hard for a serious author to make a living if the only thing ebookers read are free ebooks
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I recently considered the problem of value in ebooks; that is, why we ebookers are reluctant to pay more than a dollar or two for an ebook yet we will buy more transient entertainments for a higher price and not blink an eye. I think it is a sensory matter, and I wrote about it in
Valuing eBooks: Is it a Sensory Problem? on my An American Editor blog.
I know a lot of people discard the idea (and even more tell me I must be an idiot if I think that there could be any reason other than, say, the fact that there are no printing costs involved or that there is DRM as to why ebooks should be cheap, cheap, cheap), but I wonder if we grew up with certain unconscious expectations as regards books that we are unwittingly transfering to ebooks.