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Originally Posted by bfisher
There is nothing that would stop a publisher from witholding an e-book version or raising prices, other than their economic interests.
If readers have the choice of buying Title A at $20.00 or Title B at $10.00, and they are equally appealing, the seller of Title B will likely make more profits.
On the other hand, if every book is priced at $20.00 perhaps it becomes more attractive for many people to spend their money on something else, like renting a movie.
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I am not talking about a $10 difference. In fact, we won't even see the price increases. If publishers are receiving $9.10 for a $12.99 ebook now, they can set the wholesale price to $12.00 and Amazon can still sell it for $12.99. The publishers would earn more money. The authors would earn more money. Retailers may be squeezed a little but they earn less than that on their self published ebooks already.