Thread: NYT: Electronic Device Stirs Unease at Book Fair
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Old 06-04-2008, 02:08 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by tirsales View Post
Why sell under price? For the same reason every big company does - to get a monopol and later be able to let customers pay through the nose, offer no service, dont upgrade their devices, etc
This is just FUD. When iTunes started they sold songs for $.99 each. Now that they are they number one seller of music (or are they still 2 behind Wally) they still sell each track for $.99.

As many of use have felt, if publishers really studyed ebooks and electronic distribution they would realize that they could make more profit with lower prices on ebooks than on pbooks.

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