[Reader Paradice]

I don't know if anybody else is observing this (probably....), but have you seen the steady climb of late, of the asking price of new eBook listings coming into the Kobo Store? I sure have. Prices are climbing into the 'teen's' for quite a few.

It is obvious to this purchaser that with the boom of eBook readers and eBook publishing's, the publishing houses are going to migrate in droves to the new electronic, paperless format. We users are no longer the first adopting fringe, but the advance guard of the new way of the printed word/format.

They (the publishing houses) are going to soon crank the price of an eBook to present pulp-publishing rates, even though they now have dropped drastically their raw material and handling costs associated with them. Staff cut savings associated with hard printing will also be eased. The profit margins are going to fly....and we will have lost one of the advantages that attracted the eBook adopter in the first place....the REDUCED cost of readership!

This SUCKS! I guess we as consumers, can only 'let them know our angst and disapproval' by keeping the money safe in our wallets and purses. I for one, will. The costs of eBook reading, should NEVER come to the set of prices that were associated with producing a pulp edition. Why? Because there are inherent savings to the publisher(s) that should be passed on through the technology to publish. They don't pay us to read their offerings. We PAY THEM! They have an obligation to pass on the technological 'savings' from the 'old ways' as due diligence to their customer base.

My two or six cents.....

I WILL vote with my closed wallet, and plastic, if this observed trend continues throughout this year! Publishers be warned!

Reader Paradice.