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Originally Posted by thekidsmom
Instead of waiting until the paperback is discounted (who gets less of a cut then? the author? the bookstore? the publisher?), I would rather pay a 'fair' ebook price up front in the hopes that everyone is happy.
IMO, a 'fair' price for an ebook is at least 25% less than the paperback. Whether that makes financial sense or not to the parties involved, I have no idea. It just makes sense to me that without an actual printed product, the production cost for my version (ebook) is less expensive to produce, and therefore cheaper to buy.
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It's the bookstore that gets less of the cut. Payment to the publishers is based on retail. Which is why fixing prices on e-book isn't to derive more profit from the book in question but because of the threat e-books pose to their current business model (in my opinion).
Many times the e-book never drops much below the discounted selling price of the paperback version. I actually have $1 guideline...the ebook must be at least $1 cheaper than the discounted new paperback for me to buy. If I can get a very good used copy for less than 1/2 the price of the ebook, I buy used. I wait for one of these conditions to occur. Right now, I find my purchases are about split.