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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I saw an older book "All I needed to know I learned in kindergarten", the paperback was $9.99. The ebook was $11.99.
Maybe the publishers figure people will pay more because it is an electronic version and the buyer did spend money on a reader.
Yes, that logic escapes me too.
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It's not necessarily a bad strategy. Paper book readers and ebook readers have become increasingly disjoint groups. Since few people will buy the paper copy just because it is cheaper, or vice versa, there is no real reason for publishers to price to the two groups in the same way.
Sort of like how they sell textbooks in India at one price point, and the same book in the U.S. at a different price point. As long as you don't get an exporter taking advantage of the price arbitrage, they don't need to charge the same price in the two locations.