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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
An ebook should be priced lower than the least expensive paperbook available. That price difference should reflect the difference in costs between producing the two products. Once priced, the publisher then sells it to a retailer. After that, it should be up to the retailer to set the final sell price.
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I'd argue that the price should be even lower considering that the purchaser loses out on resale value on the e-book. Some people might counter with the argument that that it is offset by the portability and non-degradability of the format, but I say that I've already paid for those conveniences with the purchase of my e-reader, thank you very much. The publishers wouldn't even have an e-book market to exploit were it not for the investment of the readers in their e-readers/smartpones/tablets/Computers.