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ebook pricing
Today I went to Amazon (and checked other stores) to buy the Meg Gardiner novel Crosscut, first published on paper in 2005. The ebook version ranges from AU$11.99 (consistent on all sites I checked) to a high of US$13.17 on Amazon. (Although we pay less in AU$, it's made up for in currency exchange fees.) A paperback of the same book is as low as $7.99 on Amazon, or you can get it delivered free from the bookdepository in the UK for AU$6.60 with the current 10% discount.
I'm just wondering what others think - is paying up to twice the price for an ebook reasonable? Given how easy it is to acquire ebooks unlawfully, it makes me wonder if these high prices for ebooks make commercial sense.
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