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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
I haven't read through the entire thread, so pardon me if I raise a point that has been dealt with. Could it be possible that electronic books are priced higher in Australia simply to maintain parity with prices of physical books? Electronic texts are obviously cheaper to transmit anywhere, but if the prices reflected that it would gobble up the physical books market in Australia by virtue of being more affordable.
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I think there is something in this, not all publishers are doing it, but for some that seems to be part of their pricing strategy.
There is something similar in other countries too, where the ebook is priced higher when only the hardback is available, and drops in price when the paperback is released.
In both cases the high price for the ebook has nothing whatsoever to do with higher cost of the ebook, it is simply a way to extort the maximum from the buyer.