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tirsales, i agree with you in principle, as should be clear by now. however i don't think that it's reasonable to charge the same price for ebooks as for paper, precisely *because* they cost significantly less to produce. i hope publishers will understand this.
obviously, i will pay somewhat more for a drm-free book, however even then i don't want to pay for phantom irrelevant printing costs. it's fair to the author to pay for their work, regardless of the format (paper or digital) ; it's fair to the consumer to allow them to benefit as well from savings on production costs.
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