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Originally Posted by Jack Tingle
Huh? You mean a lot of people actually bought hardcover best sellers at full price rather than waiting a few months for either a used copy, the library copy, or a paperback copy? No wonder the publishers are now running scared. That kind of scam can only go on for so long. I always figured it was some kind of artificial number based on wholesale sales or something, without counting returns.
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I would buy hardcover books immediately, but they were never at full price--Amazon or BN would discount them right from the get-go. I do not like waiting for my favorite authors. I would be paying $15-20 for the book; now I'm paying about $13-15 for the corresponding e-book. I don't object to this--I think that pricing is fine for newly published books.
I do have a problem with the e-book prices for books available in paperback, especially backlist books. There, I think the publishers are way out of line in what they're charging for e-books.