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I've commented on backlist pricing specifically more than once; and just about everyone except Baen has been doing it terribly.
Major publishers tend to price them at $10-15 - and I've seen a number of authors and houses like Wildside and E-Reads use $8-9 for eBooks of 20+ year old paperbacks. It's over-pricing at its worst. I can understand $15 for a brand new book just released in hardcover - it may be cheaper to order the hardcover at Amazon - but it's still cheaper than getting it at your local bookstore (you know, the place that charges cover price for books - and your only alternative if you want paper right now). I just don't want to pay $8+ for something that's $0.01 used on Amazon.
Let's get backlist down around $5 where it belongs.
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