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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
This brings to mind something that's been bugging me. ('Bugging" isn't really the right word, but it's something I've been thinking about.) This isn't directed at you, only following on your comment.
People bring up this point occasionally when ebook pricing is discussed. If someone is worried about this aspect of it, I don't understand why they are even buying ebooks, let alone complaining about the prices of ebooks. Paper books are still available and most likely will be for quite some time. I would think they'd be more worried about ebooks killing paper books, in which case they should be happy about high prices because higher prices will cause more people to still buy paper at a lower price, thereby preserving the market a bit more.
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It's more a point about the resale value of a real book that just doesn't exist in an ebook. That value (which is a cost to the publisher when someone buys a book second hand instead of new) is built into the price of a real book, like the cost of shoplifters.