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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
No one is saying that publishers must put out ebook versions of niche books. However, with new books, there's no reason for a publisher not to create an ebook version as a normal part of its business; it would be stupid for them not to. And I would expect the price of the new ebooks to reflect the restrictions placed on them and the costs to the publisher. I can't think of any reason that a new ebook should ever cost more than its new pbook equivalent.
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I'm not aware of any case where it does, in terms of the recommended retail price. The only situations in which it costs more to the consumer are those in which the seller has discounted the price of the pbook, but not the ebook.