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Originally Posted by petrucci
I assume that you are speaking about an average reader. I suspect that publishers would start with a high price for the first adopters, and then discount appropriately in such a fashion as to maximize profits.
Sadly in many instances there is no free market in the capitalist sense. Student's are required to purchase specific textbooks, which 'conveniently' have new editions every year or two.
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I was responding to your idea:
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Although it may be possible to construct a more 'just' system, it may not be practical to implement one. A person with exceptional memory could memorize a book and then sell it. It would seem fair that such a person should pay more for the book, as they would be able to retain possession of its content after selling it, and also benefit monetarily from selling the book. Along similar lines, it would seem fair that an exceptional person who is able to apply the information from a book to get rich should be charged more for that book than someone who is not able to make such an application. Implementing such pricing models is not practical.
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