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Originally Posted by leebase
Ebooks by and large, are cheaper than hard backs by about the amount that credible sources tell us is the cost savings. But it's not good enough that an $18 hard back is sold for $14.99. Just listen to folks who swear vengeance against publishers if an ebook costs more than $9.99.
Those are the folks who never spent $25 for a hard back, who never supported the art. That they won't spend $12.99 to $14.99 doesn't matter because folks like them (including me) never mattered.
The people who pay are the only ones who ever matter. Just like as a photographer it doesn't matter to me if someone thinks $50 is too much for a professional print as such people simply don't value my art enough to pay for it. I spend my time caring about the folks who do care for and are willing to pay for art.
Lee
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Can you please provide a source for your statistics? As someone who routinely purchases full-price hardcover books, rare editions and collectibles, as well as trade cover and paperbacks, but who refuses to participate further in the e-book market due to the protectionist pricing policies of publishers, I'm trying to figure out if I "matter", or not.
What you're doing is precisely what you decry: you're ranting. I doubt you'll find a single member here who "never spent... for a hard back". That being said, your posts... well, don't matter.