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Old 01-27-2012, 04:49 AM   #25
HansTWN
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Originally Posted by Seer View Post
The ebook value of title should be somwhat lower than the corresponding physical book. If a particular book is "remaindered" for $5, then the selling market value is $5 for that physical book title. Under agency pricing, the same eBook title should be sold for less than $5 as none of the material, storage, retail, etc costs apply. Buyers seeing a physical book selling much less than the eBook of the same title naturally feel swindled.
There is no need "to get rid of inventory" for ebooks. So including them in a race to the bottom doesn't necessarily makes sense (they might be able to sell the ebook more expensively elsewhere). Just get the pbook and be happy that you got such a great deal.
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