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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm currently listening to an audiobook of over 66 hours, and it cost only one Audible credit, i.e., no more than $14.95. I think the Pottermore prices for audiobooks are prohibitive, but presumably it's the sweet spot for them to maximize revenues.
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The law of supply and demand. A lot more people want to hear Jim Dale or Stephen Fry read the Harry Potter books than most other audio books. It seems a bit high, but it also apparently does not have any sort of DRM. The ebooks were the same way. One does hope that the voice talents get a royalty.
I'm not arguing that you ought to buy it, but I can see why it's priced the way it is.
$35 seems to be a fairly standard list price for an audiobook that is 22 hours long. Both Sword of the South and Cauldron of Ghosts, two David Weber books about the same length are priced there.
Armada, the new book by Ernest Cline (of Ready Player One fame) has a list price $33.60, and it's only 12 hours long.