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Originally Posted by SlowRain
Actually, I think his books were available as e-books when he made those comments, but I think that was a Penguin decision, not a Hornby decision.
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Depends on his contract. Looks like at least some of his ebooks go back a ways (1996), so it is possible that electronic rights weren't included in his contract.
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Originally Posted by SlowRain
Also, devices may be cheaper now, but e-books were much cheaper back then.
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Not necessarily. It was only Amazon that was pushing $10 as a broad price point, and even they didn't always hit that price point. Most of Hornby's ebooks are between $10 and $13, which may mean minimal price inflation.
So far I haven't seen any studies that indicate (let alone definitively prove) that ebooks have dramatically inflated in price since agency pricing kicked in.