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I don't think it is necessarily the pricing of e-books as a whole that is driving this protest - I think it is the fact that some 'Kindle Editions' are more expensive than the equivalent paperback. That is sure to get people's backs up. AFAIK, Amazon (or any other e-book retailer) aren't allowed to discount the e-book in the same way as they can the paperback or hardback. So it just looks really bizarre when a paperback has gone down to £5.99 and the Kindle Edition is still £8. Before this Agency 5 kicked off in the UK, Kindle Editions were fairly consistently priced at about 50p to a £1 under the paperback price.
In terms of overall pricing, I'm happy to pay up to what the paperback price is, but I wouldn't pay more than that.
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