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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
One reason: Because they don't *want* ebooks to succeed. They don't want ebook readers to think of ebooks as being just as good as paper books, especially hardcovers. They want readers to associate ebooks with lower quality, sloppy writing, and annoying errors. They believe that readers will decide to buy hardcovers instead of ebooks--instead of deciding that there's no notable difference in quality between mainstream publisher ebooks and indie/self-pub $1.99 ebooks.
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^ This.
All they are doing is pushing people to flock to cheaper books, where even if it is poorly formatted, since it didn't cost 7-8 dollars to be poorly formatted it is worth the price.
And if they enjoyed the book, there are millions more out there to buy and at these prices you can buy a lot more books for that 7-8 dollars.