Thread: The Virtue of High Priced Books
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Old 05-09-2011, 02:23 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by rhadin View Post
Putting a high price on a book doesn't equate, in my mind, to artificial scarcity. Artificial scarcity is when an ebook is removed from the marketplace once a certain number are sold, regardless of the price. In the case of pbooks, we call it limited edition runs and we seem to be OK with the concept in pbooks, so why not with ebooks?
Because you can't legally buy a second hand ebook if you find out about it too late.
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