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GA Russell · 11-23-2010, 06:05 PM

But the problem isn't that the big publishers make most of their profits from hardback sales. The problem is that they cannot be trusted.

They used to say that the cost of materials was a big part of the price. Now they say it's not.

Now they promise that the price of eBooks will come down for backlist titles, but we see on another thread that the price of the Catch-22 eBook is comparable to that of a new release.

They ask us to trust them and we don't. Lee, you give us permission to pirate the eBooks, but the publishers are not willing to do so. If they were, I would have no problem with the OP.

11-23-2010, 06:05 PM	#43
GA Russell Stamps beat Riders Posts: 7,698 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	But the problem isn't that the big publishers make most of their profits from hardback sales. The problem is that they cannot be trusted. They used to say that the cost of materials was a big part of the price. Now they say it's not. Now they promise that the price of eBooks will come down for backlist titles, but we see on another thread that the price of the Catch-22 eBook is comparable to that of a new release. They ask us to trust them and we don't. Lee, you give us permission to pirate the eBooks, but the publishers are not willing to do so. If they were, I would have no problem with the OP.