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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Then you should buy a paper book because it doesn't sound like e-books will meet your needs. It's not like publishers make any additional money because you can't lend, resell, or donate e-books. It's not like the authors, editors, proof-readers, etc. have to work any less on an e-book. The fact that you can't lend, sell, donate, etc. an e-book doesn't really affect the publisher's bottom line; it is merely your preference. If these things are important to you (they're not to me), buy a paper book.
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I keep reading posts that state that the price of HC is all about paying more to get the book NOW, and therefore ebooks should have the same price. And as the perceived value of the book is increased by this and the publisher requests a higher price compared to PB, you should understand that the inability to lend, resell or donate the ebook will decrease that value and the price should be lower.
And the things that do affect the publisher's bottom line are: no costs of paper, printing, binding, transport, warehouses, risk of returns. The things that affect the distributor's bottom line are: no cost of transport, storage, no risk of being out of stock, unlimited virtual shelf space. The things that affect the buyer's bottom line are: the extra expense for an ereader, the inability to borrow books from friends(because they can't lend them), the inability to get some money back from reselling, the inability to get tax reductions by donating.
So you can either say that the price of books comes from the value or the costs, but the bottom line is that ebooks should have lower prices.