Quote:
Originally Posted by Anak
Yes, correct the VAT difference between ebooks an paper books is also a issue.
The main problem I personally have with ebook prices in The Netherlands is that the sales price of ebooks of old books (older than 2-3 years) is almost all the time still set the initial SRP, but the paper editons of the books, such as the paperback editon, the midprice edition, "voordeeleditie" (I won't try to translate this; very similar to the midprice edition but slightly different), or the pocket editon are significant cheaper than the ebook edition.
This is even the case when the paper edition is no longer available (out of print and/or EOL "not profitable to justify a reprint").
And the Dutch publishers still don't understand why 90% of all ebooks are pirated.
There is also lack of a legal, subscription based alternative such as a "All you can read subscription".
|
The last one is not true, I don't want to make "commercials" or advertising but there is a company that sells books on a monthly fee, (Elly) you get a subscription and every month you can download 10 books,next month there are 10 new ones and they have recent books there. I believe it is € 3 a month.