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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Just because you don't know you are being screwed doesn't mean you aren't being screwed.
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I have to agree with the others. No one needs an ebook to live. They're not commodities like food, water, shelter, ect. that we need to survive.
So, unless they're required to buy one for school or work, where they have no choice, then any purchase people make shows that they've agreed that the product at the offered price is reasonable for them.
I've purchased thousands of ebooks. For the majority, the purchase price was zero. For a very few others, it was $13.00 or more. Most were a lot lower, down to less than a dollar.
Was I ripped off by the higher prices? No. I chose to spend that much money at that time, for THAT particular book because some authors go straight to my Read It Now list. I want to read it now, so will pay the higher price in order to be able to do so. If I felt the price was too high, I wouldn't have bought it.
Just like some movies are worth going to the VIP deluxe theater with plush seats and dinner brought in to you during the movie. Some are only worth the AMC lower ticket seats, some a rental from iTunes, and others not even worth flipping the channel on the tv for when it's free.
People may 'wish' something was cheaper. But that doesn't mean they're being ripped off when they WILLINGLY spend their money on a product they can live without.
If they do feel that they're doing so, they need to look in the mirror and figure out what their own problem is. As addictions can come in all forms. But that's not a publisher's problem.