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Old 06-05-2011, 06:57 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by odiakkoh View Post
Ok, on topic. The book I really want to read right now is The Postcard Killers by James Patterson. Ebook is $14.99, paperback is $9.14. $15 is way too expensive (for me) for an ebook but even more so when the pbook version is almost $6 cheaper.
And under $8 new-with-shipping, or $4 used-with-shipping, which makes the ebook extra-ridiculously priced.

*Those* are the books publishers should be competing with, not their own hardcovers. What's killing mainstream publishing isn't the ebook market; it's putting used books right next to new ones on the listings so anyone who's particularly price-conscious can buy the royalty-free version.
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