Thread: Why are ebooks so expensive?
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Old 06-06-2011, 07:17 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by Fbone View Post
But the publisher considers $13.00 to be the actual price. They have no control on what B&N/Amazon will charge for the book.

B&N could sell the book for $3.12. Would you expect Knopf to lower the ebook price?
Well, since you're asking me what I would like Knopf to do, I would like them to let B&N set the price of the ebook in the same way that B&N sets the price of the paperbook, and then B&N can be in charge of price matching their listing of the paperbook to their listing of the ebook.

Duh.
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