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Originally Posted by stonetools
There is simply no justification at all for the proposition that ebook prices must always be lower than the lowest pbook price, irregardless of the author, whether new or used, or date of publication .
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What a total load of horse manure
The rise of cheaper priced ebooks has resulted in a lot of very good indie authors who are as good an author as the aforementioned.
There is no justification at all for high ebooks prices in parity with hardcover prices.
I paid AU$35 eighteen months ago for the latest ebook in a long running SF series and have decided never to do so again, certainly not at that price.
High prices along with DRM and restrictive distribution practices are the main reasons why prospective readers turn to other sources. Hatchette and their competitors simply have very little, or no idea how to operate within the modern, digital age.
If they and their inept cousins in the entertainment and music industries started spending the money they waste on copyright trolls and canvassing US senators, into genuine business model changes, they might find that their bottom dollar actually improves.
Amazon recently reported one million Kindles are sold per week currently. Alone, that is a huge market available to publishers instead of attempting to sell overpriced hardcovers to a changing market and demographic.
A threat to the future of books. Twaddle.