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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
There are no reasons other than pure greed for the ebook version (ESPECIALLY backlist) to ever cost as much as even the mass-market paperback version ($2-3 less, due to the lack of any physical manufacturing, transfer [well, there's *some*, but it amounts to well under a penny], warehousing costs, or needed space on the shelf at the storefront), nor for it to EVER, under ANY circumstances, be of any lower editing quality.
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I couldn't agree more!
My price range is $7-8 for a book by a favorite author, new books $5-6 maximum.
As to covers, I liken this to album art, if something grabs my attention or not.
To continue on in the music vein, part of my reason for my price range is simple. Most of the books I buy I would read only once. However with music I will pay $8-$10 for an entire CD I will listen to numerous times. I just can't justify the pricing variant with my strict budget.