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Originally Posted by HarryT
The article quoted said that publishers appeared to have accepted that eBooks should be priced about 25% below paperbacks. The normal price for a paperback in the UK is around £7, so that would suggest a price of about £5.25 for an eBook. Amazon UK seem to charge on average about £4-£4.50 for the typical eBook, so that respresents a modest, but not catastrophic, increase.
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25% below paperback wouldn't be too bad. Hopefully Hachette in the UK, now that they've announced they're going "agency", doesn't price like they do in the US. Here's an example of some of their not so nice pricing in the US (all prices are list prices with no discounts)...
Cross Country - James Patterson
paper $9.99 / ebook $14.99
Kiss the Girls - James Patterson
paper $7.99 / ebook $9.99
Along Came a Spider - James Patterson
paper $7.99 / ebook $9.99
Some of Patterson's other titles are similarily priced.
Naamah's Kiss - Jacqueline Carey
paper $7.99 / ebook $12.99
First Family - David Baldacci
paper $9.99 / ebook $14.99
Divine Justice - David Baldacci
paper $9.99 / ebook $14.99
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
paper $7.99 / ebook $8.99
Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer
paper $7.99 / ebook $8.99
True Believer - Nicholas Sparks
paper $7.99 / ebook $9.99
The Last Song - Nichlas Sparks
paper $7.99 / ebook $9.99
Some of Sparks' other titles are similarily priced.
The Scarecrow - Michael Connelly
paper $9.99 / ebook $14.99
The Brass Verdict - Michael Connelly
paper $9.99 / ebook $12.99
Some of Connelly's other titles are similarily priced.
To be fair some of their titles are priced equal to, or $1 less, than paper but...