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Originally Posted by Kenrose1
Of course, I would not even consider this (Amazon and publishers are you listening), if the books were priced less than the cost of the new hardbound or softbound editions. Why, oh why, he cries, don't you care about your loyal customers?
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Because shareholders are more important and corporations must show increasing profits year after year otherwise people will sell their shares and their market value will drop through the floor.
Besides, if people are prepared to pay hardback prices for ebooks what incentive would they have to lower their prices?