Thread: Why are ebooks so expensive?
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:26 PM   #114
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Originally Posted by anamardoll View Post
I can agree that publishing the back list to compete with used prices would be, well, tricky. (I don't think its "commercial suicide", but let's agree to disagree on that for a moment.) But in the Faulkner example I keep banging on about, the ebook version is priced $2 more than the NEW paperback.

This is particularly amusing on the B&N site because they now show all versions and prices, with the cheap paperback version on top.
I see Sound and the Fury at $13.00 for paperback and $9.99 for ebook.
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