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Originally Posted by stonetools
If you are saying that the price of a new ebook should always be lower than the price of a used pbook, well, that's just an unsustainable standard.
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Minimum price for a second hand paperback including post on Amazon is £2.81. Most of the ebooks I buy are in the £1.70 to £2.50 range. Some of those writers are able to support themselves financially through writing full time, so it's obviously not unsustainable at all.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
I'll just go Darknet and risk downloading malware and crap in return for free.
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Unfortunately for people with a financial interest in ebooks, that is what a large number of people are doing. The real question would be if there is enough of them who would pay £2.50 for a new ebook instead of £2.81 for a second hand paperback to cancel out the loss from the people who are prepared to pay £7 for an ebook or £10 for a new paperback. That would be where staggered ebook pricing would make sense. But then of course the pirate version would be released long before your affordable ebook.