Thread: "Traditional Publishing is no longer Fair or Sustainable"
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Old 07-12-2014, 01:42 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
Paperbook price - above costs = ebook price.

Pricing for eBooks should be based on the least expensive paperbook currently being sold (hardback, MMPB, trades, etc).
Which in a lot of cases is what we have right now.

The problem, for a lot of consumers I think, comes in when retailers (Amazon, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, etc.) discount the paper book, especially hardcovers, so that the street price sometimes ends up being at or close to the ebook price so now that $25 hardcover is $14 while the ebook is $12.99-$14.99. Current systems give them much more room to discount on the paper side.
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