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Old 02-28-2011, 04:40 PM   #86
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Originally Posted by nwhitfield View Post
Given the history of eBook pricing, I really wouldn't place any bets at all on there being even a small reduction to accompany this restrictive licensing.

Publishers are quite happy to allow eBooks to be priced higher, even though they're more restricted than paperbacks; a little thing like making them time-limited is unlikely to trouble them enough to make them decrease the price.
You are probably right. But logic says if I can buy a hard cover book for $25 and lend it out 50 times, an ebook should be no more than half that price. But logic is not a prerequisite to being a publisher. However, I think librarians are a little more savvy.

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