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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
that's definitely a good start, although i admit i did interpret the article as meaning the same price as a *hard cover* book (or the oversize paper backs which are sometimes released as the first edition, instead of a hardback, and are much more expensive than the later release of the pocket size paperback).
personally, as i have stated elsewhere, i think that the price of an ebook should not be more than HALF the price of a pbook.
it is a question of production costs : the price of a paperbook can be justified by saying there is the cost of the paper and the ink and the binding and the shipping and the overhead involved in storage facilities and the salaries of all the people involved in each of these steps. these are costs which are eliminated in the case of an ebook. the publisher saves money, and should pass the savings along to the customer, which will in turn encourage the customer to buy more books from that publisher, because they will appreciate the honest dealings of this publisher and want to continue to do business with them. |
I totally agree with the idea of the e-bookprice beeing half of pbooks, for all the reasons stated above.
Could not have said it better.
