[MGlitch]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

A lot of ebooks I see are more expensive are more expensive than pbooks. I looked at the first two pages of SF books on Amazon and saw these. I didn't check every book, but I only saw one that was less than the pbook. I didn't look at the cheaper books for obvious reasons.


http://www.amazon.com/Voyager-Outlan.../dp/B000FC2L1E
Ebook $9.99
Pbook $7.04

http://www.amazon.com/11-22-63-Steph.../dp/B005K0HDGE
Ebook $8.99
Pbook $7.81

http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Son-Ris.../dp/B00I765ZEU
Ebook $9.99
Pbook, $8.92

http://www.amazon.com/Drums-Autumn-O.../dp/B000FC2L1Y
Ebook $9.99
Pbook $6.09

http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-S.../dp/B0192CTMYG
Ebook $8.99
Pbook $7.34

Examine the hardcover prices

http://www.amazon.com/Fall-Light-Boo...=fall+of+light

ebook $14.99
pbook $20.25


So perhaps the issue is the ebooks aren't getting as big a price reduction once the pbook format changes to a less expensive one. Note the example I pulled is an as of yet unreleased book, it comes out tomorrow. I know at one point ebooks would release at around the $14 mark when the hardcover was released, and later when the trade paper or mass market editions were released the ebook price would typically drop. Perhaps that's changed.