Thread: Are Attitudes About E-Book Prices Changing?
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Old 06-29-2011, 05:10 AM   #180
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Originally Posted by ficbot View Post
Because if the ebook price is frozen to the hardcover price, then when the paperback is released, the ebook will cost more than the paper version. And given that even the publishers admit that the cost of paper accounts for $10-15% of the book's price, it's highway robbery to charge more for the ebook than for the paper. I am fine with paying a premium when the book is new and hot, but when a decades-old paperback can be purchased new for $6 and the ebook is on the offer for more than double, I feel robbed and I won't pay it.
There's no reason why ebook prices would need to be static. Premium (hardback) price when it's new, dropping down to paperback price when sales drop off, then used paperback price to mop up the rest.
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