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Originally Posted by JSWolf
eBooks should be priced lower then pBooks because of the restrictions placed on eBooks that pBooks do not have. The BPHs have DRM, they don't allow resale, they don't allow loaning, and they don't always have a real cover. These restrictions mean that the eBook is less valuable as property then the pBook. So the price should be lower to reflect this.
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In your mind, ebooks are devalued for all those reasons. In my mind, none of those reasons are germane. I format shift my ebooks, so restrictions and DRM don't matter. I don't read then resell. I rarely loan books and the majority of my ebooks have the cover art. What makes ebooks more valuable to me are - I can carry my library around with me where ever I go. They don't take up space in my house. I can change the font size to a size that is comfortable for me to read.
Hum, maybe they ought to charge more....
Two of the classic products where customers have vastly different pricing points is cars and watches. I personally see no real reason to spend 50K + for a car, but I'm also not looking for the cheapest car that I can find. I have certain features in a car that it has to have, or I'm not buying it. Some people go for the $10 Casio watches, while others go for the $10K Rolex watch.