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Originally Posted by Catlady
I agree with you that retailers should be allowed to discount whatever they feel like discounting. But all I'm saying is that if you look at the prices the publishers set, they are generally setting the e-book prices lower than the hardcover prices, as they should.
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Publishers have said that buyers have to be "trained" to accept $15.00 as the "proper" price for an ebook -- in other words, twice the mass-market paperback price. I don't think that's setting prices in line with anything else other than "what the market can be forced to bear."