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Originally Posted by cHex
The Big 6 apparently make less money under agency pricing than they do under the old wholesale pricing, but do it as a noble sacrifice to The Industry.
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Yes, this is old news. The publishers took a hit to their revenues in exchange for control over pricing. This was discussed thoroughly when agency pricing first went into effect.
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Originally Posted by cHex
They want us to know that the costs of paper, ink, and printing are only a small part of the total price of the book, so an e-book should only be slightly less than the paper book.
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Yep.
The industry (both publishers and retailers) has spent years squeezing costs out of the system. The part that's harder to squeeze is human labor: author's advances (which are significantly up over the last ~10 years), editors, marketing, legal and so forth.
Plus, anchoring prices off of paper books won't make sense for long. No one expects MP3 prices to be based off of CD or vinyl prices.
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Originally Posted by cHex
But that paper book I may resell, lend, trade, have the author sign, etc.
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You also get that digital copy instantly; you don't pay shipping; you don't have to go to the mall to pick it up; many devices have free 3G service; you can get that digital book delivered to multiple devices; your copy can never be lost or spilled on....
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Originally Posted by cHex
I get fewer rights with the e-book, so I want a bigger discount.
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OK then, pay for instant delivery and give up the right to back up your ebooks, and sync them across multiple devices.
