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Originally Posted by thinkpadx
The publishers in Norway have indicated that they wish to charge more or less the same price for the e-book as that of the paperback.
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That's is exactly the situation we have in Finland. Finnish novels are more or less the same price regardless of format.
Example (Akateeminen Kirjakauppa:
www.akateeminenkirjakauppa.fi)
Jarkko Sipilä, Katumurha (ePub DRM) 25.90 €
Jarkko Sipilä, Katumurha (hardcover) 25.00 € (but price cut down to 20.20 €)
E-Book industry has just landed here and they are very few competitors if none. So industry is still forming. If they get this working (they get money), pricing might be reasonable some day. Let's hope so.
At the moment reading E-Books might not be compelling unless you read them on existing gadget you have, laptops, pc and so on. If you also buy ereader gadget, price for one book is not 20 euros but 200 euros (depending on what ereader gadget you buy). Of course costs sort of "cuts down" if you buy more books
Luckily I can read free books from Feedbooks or from similar web services.
Note: I haven't tried these E-Books yet so I can't say how they work. I will, eventually
Thinkpadx, I truly hope that you have wiser booksellers/industry than we have.