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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
"Promptly," no. It takes about a year after the book is released for the ebook prices to drop -- it's currently linked to the paperback release.
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I don't know if anyone has actually tracked the prices on a large number of titles, though, which would be a far more accurate and useful measure.
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Pricing has dropped but not realistically on agency-priced nonfiction. For example,
Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years was sold in hardcover at release for about $24.70 (after discounts) and the ebook was sold for $29.99 (which is the price I paid). The paperback has been released and it sells for $15.98 (after discounts) and the ebook price has dropped to $18.99. This is a Penguin book.
One would think that with the release of the paperback that the publisher had already sucked out all of the gazillions in profit it was supposed to reap from the hardcover sales, which were the justification for the high ebook price, yet the ebook being still priced higher than the paperback belies that rationale.
What I see -- at least in the nonfiction pricing -- is that the Agency 6 really want to make it painful for anyone to buy an ebook.