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Originally Posted by b0ned0me
With luck, things will improve from 'rubbish' to merely 'mediocre' in the next few years, and there is still a small hope of achieving 'efficient and rational'.
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The problem that I have with the lack of logic is the fact that they tie down the price of ebooks to that of pbooks. Yes, it is true that as more and more people decide to buy only ebooks, the cost of a pbook (1 unit) will increase, but that should go together with a decrease in the cost of an ebook (1 unit). And they lock the price to a % smaller than the hardcover, and with the Agency you also get the very nice no discount possible rule. Of course the prices of ebooks will go up.
The price of paper, gas (leading to transport) and rent will increase, but it becomes cheaper and more efficient to store and transport digital information. Do you see the publishers deciding to decrease the price of ebooks because the price of external HDD decreases? They are more likely to increase the price since it would be cheaper for the buyer to backup the ebooks.