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Originally Posted by OtterBooks
I evaluate the price of something by how happy it would make me compared to the level of happiness achieved by spending that money on something else.
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Yes, but...
If something is wildly overpriced, even though I covet it, it ticks me off enough to spoil my enjoyment and I look for an alternative product.
In the ebook world (and in the pbook world, to be fair), there are massive supplies of alternative products. I've got a long-term list on Amazon's wish lists, a similar list on EReaderIQ, and a mental reckoning of books I may want to read when the price comes down. As the price drops into reasonable territory, I'll buy them.
Periodically, things fall off those lists[2]. If the publishers had been a little less greedy, and offered them at a reasonable price when I noticed them, they'd make a sale. If it falls off the list, they lose a sale, possibly for ever.
Regards,
Jack Tingle
[2] For a variety of reasons. If the local public library gets a copy, for example. Since my 'local' public library (NOBLEnet) covers half of Essex County, MA, a lot of books come through.