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Originally Posted by dunster
I just find it amazing that some ebook prices are higher than paper prices. I can't believe that they would not increase sales and popularize ebooks more if the prices were not greater than sale prices of paper books which most people place a greater value on than a download.
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The problem is that I'm not sure who "they" are in this situation. Sony? Fararr, Straus and Giroux? FS&G's parent, Macmillan (Holtzbrinck's US branch)? The original Spanish-language publisher who (I'm assuming) sold Macmillan whatever rights it is that they now hold? Amazon for not doing a Kindle edition? Holtzbrinck for not putting out the PB of the translation until next April? Sony for only getting a 35 or 40 percent discount off of the HB cover price and still wanting to make a profit?
The publishing rights labyrinth can be really messy sometimes. Sometimes "they" is unclear and there's no monolithic "someone" to rail against.