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Originally Posted by barryem
I'm sure that's part of the reason for high ebook prices but I suspect the publishers major reason for high ebook prices is concern about devaluing books. If you can buy the latest ebook for less money the price of print books will decline too, and that's probably pretty scary to the publishers.
Likely the publishers worry about a future where books sell for a lot less than they do now. And that's probably a realistic fear.
Barry
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Just this week we've seen yet another tradpub vs Amazon crapstorm over the two month old switch in policy to steer consumers to the lowest new book price, even if the source isn't Amazon LLC.
It took a while but the authors guild finally discovered there's tons of dirt cheap new books out there, mostly remaindered copies.
Nothing devalues books as much as the publishers return and remainder policies.