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Originally Posted by Andrew Kaufman
I just don't understand how some of these publishers can charge more for their Kindle versions that their paper. Everyone knows it costs them less to produce the e-books. Seems like they're just trying to take advantage of the readers,but I think it's backfiring. People are buying up the less expensive e-books and leaving the pricey ones behind.
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As far as we can tell, it looks like mainstream publishers are trying to kill ebooks, or keep them limited to a special-interest niche, like coffee-table books or novelty art books: something that a few people really like, but aren't part of normal reading habits.
And those publishers have never really considered small indie presses as competition, because indie press publications have never been able to fight for enough bookstore space and media attention to threaten them. But they don't have to fight for ebookstore space; there's always room for one more.