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Originally Posted by abookreader
And that is the cusp of where we disagree. It certainly is possible for a publisher to price a product at more than the market feels the eBook is worth. Repeating over and over that it isn't possible doesn't make it true. Companies can price too high for market sentiment and still manage to survive.
It happens all the time - especially in an environment such as Agency Publishing where the major market controllers attempt to impede competition by price co-operation between the major players.
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The reasons that the "market sentiment" can be ignored, for a time, often
relate to the fact that the publisher can make what is needed for his survival
on the books that have a higher value in the market sentiment. There is
also a period of adjustment, with new technology/products for both the
marketeer and the market sentiment. As ebooks mean more to the bottom
line, and the pressure of competition is felt, a great deal more attention will
be applied to ebook pricing. As it will then mean more to the publisher's
survival.
Luck;
Ken