Thread: C|Net: Why e-books cost so much
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Old 04-11-2012, 06:34 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Penforhire View Post
What is dopey about this Cnet argument is, what about paperback prices? I was never a hardcover buyer. I only bought paperback editions. Should I expect e-books to cost me more than paperback prices? No way.
That's always what I think when I see publisher price breakdowns. What, did Baen go bankrupt 8 years ago and nobody noticed?

The article says: This wasn't a story of money-grubbing publishers trying to stick it to consumers. They actually left money on the table.

Umm... I remember pretty clearly several publisher spokespeople saying "we CAN'T let the public believe ebooks should only cost $10!!!" It wasn't, "we can't make money at lower prices"--after all, they were making money at Amazon's discount rates--it was "we insist that people pay $13 or more for ebooks."
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