NOT!
Yesterday it was all over the Norwegian news that "Cappelen-Damm" had opened the eBook-marked "for full".
Cappelen-Damm is one of the (if not *the*) largest publishing companies in Norway.
Anyway, their "List Price" (RRP) has been set to NOK 249,- (abt US$41,-) per new book. With the backlist and "older" books "slightly lower priced".
You guys nag about Agency5 pricing of abt US$12-14 and we have our "Agency" pricing at least trifold tostart with..
But that is not the whole story as the other publishers complain that Cappelen-Damm are starting their prices *TOO LOW*..!!
OK, so here's why I'll boycott Norwegian books:
* - Insane price
* - Only option is ePub (DRM) and PDF (DRM on newer books)
(I'm sure the list will grow)
Sad thing is, though, with the rigid and stupid policy of the pricing, DRM and also the georestriction, I think that the eBook and its readers will turn out as the Ephemera of the "modern times".
Well, one good thing comes out of this. (Must have positive thoughts too
)
Thanks to Smashwords and other free/cheap English eBook providers, my second language skills do continously improve
