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Originally Posted by rhadin
....I would think that a fair price for the ebooks would be $2.99. Will Amazon fans complain if the price is higher?
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Yes. Heck, they'll probably complain if they're priced above 99¢
Keep in mind the Fleming estate might have picked Amazon because other publishers were outbid; they might not be thrilled with skimpy royalties or with their precious intellectual property priced lower than a box of Kleenex. They'll also have to redo the covers and make sure they're pristinely formatted. If they make a big deal about it, that means marketing dollars. I.e. there's a lot of costs to recoup.
Of course Amazon might treat the ebooks like (yet another) loss leader and may not care about ticking off the estate once the ink is dry on the contracts. So who know how they'll price it.
The WSJ quotes an Amazon flack as saying the ebooks will "initially" only be available for Kindle, paperbacks will be available to other retailers. Anyone got a grain of salt handy?