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Old 06-28-2011, 11:32 AM   #160
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I really don't agree with this. I buy quite a lot of eBooks (typically about 3 a week), and they are mostly (from Amazon UK, this is) priced in the £4-5 range. I'd consider this to be reasonable - it's below paperback price, and that's even with the fact that eBooks are subject to 20% VAT while paper books are zero-rated.

Personally I would always buy a legal eBook even if I knew that pirate versions existed. The assumption that pirated eBooks will always result in a lost sale for the publisher is not a valid one.
But presumably pre-ebook you were buying new books (paper or hard) rather than used ones? It's not about lost sales, it's about attracting customers they never had to begin with. It's not feasible to expect someone used to paying £2-£3 or less for used books to suddenly start paying £4-£5 or more for ebooks. That is why people selling used ebooks on Ebay do so well, they are attracting the sort of people who are used to buying used realbooks in the same way. The market for used books is vast compared to the market for new books.
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