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Originally Posted by Crowl
A few examples don't disprove the point, particularly if also considering back catalogue stuff where the ebook price tends to be much closer to that of the paperback. You get maybe 10-20% discount if you look at the amazon price, rather than 3rd party seller prices that can often be cheaper than the ebook even for books that are listed as new rather than secondhand.
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But it's not "a few examples", Crowl. I buy a lot of ebooks, and I honestly cannot recall EVER having paid as much for the ebook as I would have done for the paperback. Yes, sometimes 3rd party sellers can appear to be cheaper, but that's before you add the £2.80 postage cost. It really is the case that, in the UK at least, ebooks on average cost around half the price of paperbacks.