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Originally Posted by leebase
A couple of "what this thread is about" -- so here's MY answer as the one who started it -- fully recognizing that threads take on a life of their own and need not confine themselves to the OP's intent.
I was trying to bring to light the notion that we, as readers, need to offer incentive to the publishers and authors to bring out their back list in ebook form. Arguing that back list titles should be priced to compete with used paperbacks (as some have, not necessarily in this thread) -- and complaints about price in general, all seem to ignore the publisher's pov.
As consumers, we all want the most for the least. In that, I'm like everybody else. I too would hesitate to pay new retail hardback price for an ebook of, say, Dune. Frankly, even paying the $9 or $10 "new paperback book" price would give me pause. But that's me thinking as a consumer.
Instead, we should consider what it is to be a publisher in the business of making money. If we want something bad enough, we need to offer rewards for it's creation. And if we never come to LIKE the situation, we can at least understand it better.
Lee
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But Lee, the consumer is what all business are about. In any other business, making the consumer happy is their #1, #2 and #3 priority. The better they do the job of making the consumer happy, the richer they get. This is done by offering a combination of service, value, and price. The free market lets you mix and match, knowing it's impossible to offer the best of all three.
Nowhere, in the non-I.P. does any producer think that the consumer owes
them anything. Certain not that the customer should inconvenience themself just for the benefit of the producer. if they did, they be out of business
fast.
So why, in blue blazes, do you expect me to take the
producer's needs to account, when it comes to I.P products? I'm the buyer, you want my money, offer me what I want, or I'll go someplace where they
will offer me what I want.
What I get is right out of
Little Caesar "I'll give you what I want. And you'll take it. See..."