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Originally Posted by TFeldt
EDIT: Let me just elaborate for one more paragraph. I didn't do this to prove anyone here wrong, I just wanted to get to what I found the most interesting discussion about the price point. Not the actual price but the business models that force the price to a certain point. It certainly isn't the cost per copy, it's the overhead.
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Yes, I think that this is the interesting discussion. Publishers are afraid of diluting the perceived value of their product.
This issue is similar to the discussion that I had during a tour of a small brewery recently when I asked if their recent foray into canning has had any noticeable impact on the perceived value of their product. Even though they argue that the canned product is superior for technical reasons [their claims: less light exposure, better seal, less air space], it doesn't matter if beer snobs will reject them as just another cheap canned beer.