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Although I agree that ebook editions should never cost more than treebook editions [snip]
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Not hardcover or trades, but for me an ebook is easily worth more than a mass-market paperback. For that matter, so is a cup of coffee or a friendly hello. The material costs for an ebook are also less than the material costs of a bucket of tapeworms, which is still worth more to me than an m-m paperback because at least I get a bucket.
Fact is if I want to read a book I will almost always be able to pay less than ebook price, often buying it literally right off the same product page online. As I type this I am shopping for a copy of Franzen's
The Corrections on Amazon. Ebook: $9.99. One line beneath that listing is a link to resellers where I can get a "like-new" hardcover of it for $4.42
shipped. Hardcover. It's a seller I've used before and the books have been perfect. Is that a fair comparison? My credit card says yes.
Neilmarr, as a publisher do you find that such market realities make price comparisons between ebooks and treebooks rather problematic?