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Originally Posted by issybird
Jon, I think people get the concept of a loss leader, where you get to try a series for 99¢. What constitutes a reasonable price for later books in a series is, of course, the issue. As for high-priced new releases, that also make sense; it's classic price discrimination (a discrimination which isn't immoral). Some people will wasn't to read it NOW, price be hanged. The rest will wait on the price to drift down to the $5.99 level established for earlier books. But I think readers are mostly rational and are not pissed off either by loss leaders or by high-priced new releases.
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Yes, I do agree that most do know what a loss leader is. But, I've read many posts with complaints about the price of the latest eBook in a series being rather expensive. So yes, a lot of people are bothered by high prices.
The problem is the prices don't exactly drift down these days. The hardcover comes out at say $25.99. The eBook comes out at $14.99. The pBook comes out at $12.99 and the eBook drops to $12.99 which is still too high. That's how things work these days when the publisher can get away with it.