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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Mass market seems to be going away. What is happening is that on new print runs, we are getting trade format so the publisher can charge more. Also, because it's now in trade and that's the cheapest current version, the eBook price goes up. So where we had the $7.99 MMPB, we now have the $9.99-$14.99 trade. Given agency pricing, the eBook price remains high due to the trick of swapping MMPB for trade. This is very sleazy and should not be allowed. But it is and they get away with it. Trade needs to go away except when warranted. In most cases, it's not warranted. It's just there so publishers can charge more for paperback books and eBooks.
When publishers started switching to trade, they said it's what the customer wanted. That's BS. The customer does not want to get ripped off.
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amen. its especially glaring when books like Asimov's Foundation series sold just fine as lowly paperbacks for 60 years, now all of a sudden consumers want $15 trades of old books? the only current paperback printing of Dune is in one of those "tall" paperbacks for $10.
its a rip off and a cash grab, plain&simple.
as a reader i simply refuse to pay $15+, especially for new authors whose first release is in trade form. uh uh, not gonna happen *looks at Pyr* i remember when authors had to "earn" better formats.... and of course said books just sit there on bookstore shelves (unread by me) in trade form, no mmpb release in sight
plus i simply find trades to be a chore to read. i have yet to find a comfortable way to hold one especially when theyre tightly bound.