Thread: Why is backlist so expensive?
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Old 03-22-2015, 02:51 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht View Post
I see this one for sale by Random House for $10.99 at Amazon ($12.99 at B&N/Kobo), which brings me back to my contention that the publishers are pricing "older classic/notable works" at trade paperback price points if there's no mass market paperback in print. Price gouging in my opinion.
Is it price gouging if half the price of a new dead tree addition?

From an economics point of view as long as there is a free market, there really is no such thing as price gouging. Over time, product is priced at the point that maximize profits. Right now, authors, publishers and resellers are in the process of determining what that price point is for various ebooks. For example, The Complete Morgaine by C.J. Cherryh is coming out this September at $20 as a hard back and $8 as an ebook. $11 also seems to be a fairly common price point for books that are in hardback.
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