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Originally Posted by tompe
I read all this in the context of the initial price that are set on a book. Because it is the initial price that people are mostly complaining on. It is not the price after one year we are discussing here.
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This is the post that started the thread:
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To my fellow forum participants all upset at the cost of ebooks. You seem to be under the impression that you matter. Well, you don't. You never did. You never paid $25 to $30 for a new hard back book. You used the library, borrowed from a friend, bought at garage sales -- or perhaps you bought the paper back when the really cheap mass produced version came out.
So -- continue on. Use the library. Buy from the remainder bin at Costco. Wait until your best friend reads the book she bought and then borrow it. Troll through the neighborhood yard sales and buy books for pennies.
You simply don't matter to the publishers and you never did. You have never supported the art and you never will. That's ok. There should be used books for the rest of your reading lifetime.
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In particular:
"or perhaps you bought the paper back when the really cheap mass produced version came out."
"You seem to be under the impression that you matter. Well, you don't. You never did."
"You simply don't matter to the publishers and you never did. You have never supported the art and you never will."
The message seems pretty clear.
(As does the bitterness and sense of superiority)