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Originally Posted by anamardoll
And we're saying that with a backlist book, you're competing with Y, that is to say the used book market.
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But in this case, the book is CURRENTLY IN PRINT. So both pbook and ebook should be priced accordingly.
So if the pbook sells for $9.99, why would you expect the ebook to sell for say $6 (based on current pricing schemes) just because the book was written a long time ago?
Yes, an old book should be cheaper (BOTH pbook and ebook), IMO. And yes, IMO, ebooks should be cheaper than pbooks.
BUT in the current world, ebooks are priced at about the same as pbooks. And currently in print, old books, sell for the same price as a newly written pbooks. Therefore, under CURRENT conditions, the ebook will sell for about the same price as the pbook, no matter how long ago the book was written.
If you are talking about a no longer in print (pbook) book, then the ebook price may be less than currently in print pbooks.