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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
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.
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I never said price the same. We are asking or trying to figure out why some ebook prices are higher.
I personally would not pay more for a digital copy than for a hardback.
Unless the hardback was over 1000 pages and in tiny print.
And last time I looked India and the US had two totally different economies. So pricing will vary.
The only thing I know where pricing is consistent across markets is precious metals.