Thread: Are you prepared to pay the same price for an ebook as for the print book?
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Old 07-23-2017, 05:29 AM   #79
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
In Britain it's an entirely moot point given that, as has been said, ebooks are very, very rarely as expensive as pbooks. ...
Do you have a link showing some data? Looking at the Amazon UK best sellers:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsell...oks/ref=sv_b_1

and looking at the first 10 books, 7 out of 10 ebooks are as expensive (or more expensive) than the pbook.

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... I typically pay between half and two thirds the price of the paperback for an ebook, and that's even with the fact that ebooks are subject to 20% VAT, while pbooks are zero-rated (i.e. no VAT is charged on them.)
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