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Originally Posted by rhadin
I expect an ebook to cost a little less than the lowest price the publisher and/or a national brand-name retailer is offering the book at in any format. So if the publisher is offering the book for $7.99 in a paperback version, I expect the ebook to cost no more than $6.99.
Why? Not because of the so-called production and distribution savings, but because of the DRM-imposed limitations, which subtract greatly from the ebook's marketplace value, at least in my view.
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But don't forget: Other than those of us who hang around sites like this, most of the public doesn't know what DRM is, much less why they should care. No publisher is going to lower prices because of a technical aspect most people don't even see.
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Originally Posted by rhadin
If the ebook's quality is less than the paperback's quality, which is often the case, an additional reduction in price should occur to reflect not only the imposition of DRM but the lesser quality as compared to the lowest price version available to the public from the publisher and/or a national brand-name retailer.
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What publisher would admit their ebooks were of lesser quality than their printed books? Again, no publisher would lower their prices for such a reason.
I'd like to see lower prices simply by virtue of the fact that publishers have a new, opening market--books that can be bought instantly and read on readers, computers, tablets, cellphones, etc, etc--and they'd be interested in developing and nurturing that market.