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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I was very pleased to hear that Barbara Hambley's work was now available as ebooks. Until I saw the price... RRP of £11.49 discounted to about £7.50!
At £4.99 I would have bought one or two of the ones I haven't read in paper. At £3.99 I might have bought half a dozen. At £2.99 I would have probably bought her entire backlist.
At £7.50 I won't be buying any.
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Then don't. Either
A. The book will go back out of publication because it's not worth the publisher's time and expense to publish it at lesser price.
B. Enough people buy it at the higher price that the publisher doesn't have to lower the price, thus justifying the publishe's decision to set the higher price, in which case you have to reconsider your objection to the price.
C. Because of lack of demand , the publisher lowers the price till its in your comfort zone.
That's how markets work. In the real world, I rarely buy items at full price, whether it be clothes, electronic goods, furniture or food. I don't see why ebooks should be any different.