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Originally Posted by HarryT
The paperback has not yet been released, as that page you link to very clearly states. The eBook price will almost undoubtedly fall when the paperback is released.
This is a case where the eBook is still a little more expensive than the hardback, but only because the hardback has been discounted. The list price of the hardback is £20, against which the eBook price of £12.98 is not unreasonable.
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I did say that ebooks can cost up to double, not that all of them did, and yes many are cheaper. Regardless of 'list price' it is the price you pay 'at the till' at the time of purchase that you compare otherwise they could put a 'list price' of £50 hardback, £25 paperback £15 Kindle but actually sell for £16, £7 (not released yet) & £15 (less the 1p 'con factor' of course) and make the ebook a saving of £35 (in reality £1).
As for the 'not released', it's actually pre-order but you have to wait a couple of weeks to save £6.99
That is not strictly the issue, it's the fact that Amazon don't include the file format & DRM status (whether present & how many devices etc.) & you could end up with a Topaz format book (reduced quality) with DRM (very restricted use) costing more than hardcopy without restrictions (other than standard copyright).
You can give away, sell, lend or pass on as inheritance any book you buy that is not so easy with ebooks especially if you can't remove DRM & convert the format should Kindle 'cease to be'.
I don't want to dole out pirate copies willy nilly (or at all for that matter) but do want to be able to read them on any of the 7 electronic devices I personally own, some of which are windows mobile devices (PDA) for which there is no kindle app. Bigger firms than Amazon have gone bust in the past and others may do in the future.