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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I have noticed in these threads about the big publishers that those who defend the publishers deny the concepts of price gouging and now money grubbing.
This I think is a moral argument.
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If you think the price is too high - then don't buy the ebook. Buy the paperback when it comes out. Check it out from the library. Wait for your friend to buy it, read it, then ask to borrow it.
We aren't talking about milk and bread, we're talking about entertainment. You can't "price gouge" a non-essential item. If a hurricane is coming and you triple the price of duct tape -- that's price gouging. If you sell a Gucci purse for $15,000 - that's not price gouging.
One could spend their entire life reading just the freely available books from Gutenberg, or going to their local library, or buying books for $.05 a piece at local garage sales.
If you want to read the latest popular book -- you will pay the "new release popular book price". It's a choice.
I question the moral system angle -- or how twisted someone's view of morality is as to think the price of ebooks is a moral issue at all.
Lee