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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
That's not the pricing I mean. The book I mentioned, Stephenson's Mongolian: Book One, is new and has just been published by Amazon for $7.99.
I'm talking about new books from major publishers and books for which they demand ridiculous premiums no matter how old the book might happen to be. I've seen ePub editions listed in the Google eBookstore priced at over a hundred dollars.
Those are the books Amazon might be aiming at eventually with strategies like 47North.
Exactly. I was thinking specifically of the price war Amazon tried to fight with publishers prior to Jobs cutting deals with the iPad, as discussed in this New Yorker article:
"Publish or Perish" |
Excellent Link! Thank you! Karma on the way. Also very interesting given the recent Kindle Fire (and other new Kindles) announcement!
I'm rolling on the floor about "The Jesus Tablet" line!
P.S. just finished reading it completely. It seems a very thorough examination of the ebook publishing situation at that time!