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Originally Posted by Piper_
It's a brand new release. They're paying a premium for that, like they would pay to see a movie at the theatre instead of waiting for the BluRay.
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Except movies are not released at the cinemas and on bluray at the same time, so of course the price is justified for the cinema. Release them both at once and watch the cinemas close their doors. If the ebook was released first and 1/2/3 months down the track the hardcover, then I could understand if the ebook price was initially higher.
Unfortunately Amazon only have the power on the hardcover to reduce the price, ebooks are set by the agency, so to remain competitive in paper books it kind of short changes the ebooks.
I agree with many of the comments on Amazon, but unfortunately the rating is meant to be with the actual book itself and not a place to protest disgust in pricing. But given this has been happening recently surely the publishers will start paying attention soon.