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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
You've managed to insert an impressive number of strawman arguments into a small section of text; bravo!
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Nah...just used a bit of humor to responod to the 500 millionth "I want things cheap" rant.
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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
No one is saying that publishers must put out ebook versions of niche books.
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Watership down is an OLD book. So old there selling the paperback for $3.98. You know they didn't START the paperbook at that price....or maybe they did. Maybe those copies have been sitting around unsold since the 1970's when you could buy a new paperback for $3.98
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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
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.
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This was a rant about an OLD book. Thus the extraordinary cheap paperback book price.
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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
No one is saying people should only pay a nickel. This isn't the case of people wanting a free lunch, it about consumers having a legitimate disagreement with publishers about the value of ebooks.
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Right. The value of an OLD book, dearly loved from childhood. Why won't the publisher expend new resources to bring out old books. For sure I'd pay "a nickel". Nickel -- the lowest price that a used book can be found. As if "I can get a paper book for xyz price, why is the ebook more".
The answer is -- new work isn't going to be extended to put out a product to compete with the lowest possible price point of old books....bargain bins, garage sales, etc.
These books have already had their run. Their volumes are going to be quite low...even if it's a very very long tail. Why spend time and money producing for the long tail when there's money to be made selling NEW books.
Lee