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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
They also understand the very limited amount of work that needs to be done to convert a pbook to an ebook and the fact that selling one additional ebook once you've done that conversion has an almost nil marginal cost.
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A new book you expect to sell tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands or millions.
Backlist books where you might sell a few tens of books? There's just no money in selling so few books to make it worth the effort if you can't sell them for a good deal more than the used paper back book bin.
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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
Also, I think people are arguing about two different meanings of the word "value". Value can mean the subjective value you place on something or the economic value (i.e. the price a buyer is willing to pay and the price a seller is willing to accept).
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Right. A nickel an ebook is something buyers are VERY willing to pay....just not so many producers willing to work for that amount of pay.
But WAIT....the OP said he was willing to pay a whopping $3.98!
Exactly. Just buy that paper back from the bin you saw it in.
Lee