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crich70 · 10-15-2014, 12:04 PM

I think it also has to do with the actual books themselves. A lot of PD books are either free or only cost .99 for example, but a more recent book or one that is popular will cost the buyer more than the PD titles. A lot of collections of an older author's work (Like Bram Stoker for example) will cost you .99 or more depending on the seller even though his works are in the PD. I imagine the Delphi collection of his works costs more than that as well though I don't know why. More a charge for their time putting the collection together and editing it perhaps? Some ebooks do cost about what the paper version costs though. Some cost even more. For example "Book in a Month" by Victoria Lynn Schmidt costs you $9.78 in paper but it costs $11.99 in ebook now. You would expect it to be the other way round.

10-15-2014, 12:04 PM	#37
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	I think it also has to do with the actual books themselves. A lot of PD books are either free or only cost .99 for example, but a more recent book or one that is popular will cost the buyer more than the PD titles. A lot of collections of an older author's work (Like Bram Stoker for example) will cost you .99 or more depending on the seller even though his works are in the PD. I imagine the Delphi collection of his works costs more than that as well though I don't know why. More a charge for their time putting the collection together and editing it perhaps? Some ebooks do cost about what the paper version costs though. Some cost even more. For example "Book in a Month" by Victoria Lynn Schmidt costs you $9.78 in paper but it costs $11.99 in ebook now. You would expect it to be the other way round.