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Originally Posted by DrNefario
But because of agency pricing, there is no alternative for the ebook version. You either pay the asking price or you don't. I choose not to. I do have plenty of other stuff to read.
In fact, I have no idea when I'm even going to read Call for the Dead, the third book I mentioned, which I bought in paperback.
Incidentally, the charity shop also had Spy Who Came in..., and I wasn't even prepared to pay £2 for it, because it was one of the million copies given away free for World Book Night last year.
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Absolutely, and freedom is what it's all about. The publisher is free to set their price, and you and I are free to decide whether or not to buy it at that price. If the publisher gets it wrong, they certainly won't make a decent profit from it.