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Originally Posted by suecsi
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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THIS. And when e-book versions of older books are priced at or higher than the price of a new book.
My current aggravation is with Macmillan/St. Martin's. I've been wanting to pick up an ebook copy of Laurie R. King's "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" but the publisher has it priced at $9.99. The catch? The paperback was published originally 14 years ago! at a cover price of $6.99! I can understand the most recent addition to the series being $9.99 or even $12.99, but it really bugs me that they are trying to charge $9.99 for a 14 year old book! The Agency 5 can kiss my xyz. I picked up a used copy of the book which means neither author nor publisher got any money from me.