Thread: Pricing the way it shouldn't be.
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Old 12-13-2010, 12:49 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
A more egregious example is the pricing of Agatha Christie eBooks.
The Moving Finger was first published 68 years ago. It has, by any conceivable measure, covered its costs. It, along with a bunch of other Christie works, are a fixed $6.99. You could pick it up for a buck or two at any secondhand bookstore.
Most of them are available for 5.99USD here. I find it ironic that there are more ebooks available for the US than the UK.

While I can understand your point about used prices, it's not really a fair comparison. How much would you (or the general consumer) be prepared to pay for a new mmpb copy? I would say that 5.99USD is a reasonable price, provided it's a professionally produced work.
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