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Originally Posted by Catlady
I don't know if you're deliberately trying to bait me for the fun of it, or if you truly believe that minimum quality standards don't matter. If the latter, we have nothing to discuss. If the former, the fun is over, and we have nothing to discuss.
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I don't think anyone is saying that quality standards don't matter. They're saying (myself included), that everyone's standards are different. And that no one's price-point comfortability is going to be the same.
So there is no universal "Price point X is too high for quality Y". 8 bucks is a reasonable price for those who think the book is worth 8 bucks. Not everybody does in this case, of course (myself included), but that has nothing to do with the price-tag the seller is allowed to put on it. They can put any price they want on it (as they clearly have). Those who want to can pay it, and those who don't want to don't have to (and those who bought it before discovering the quality was below their own personal standard can ask for a refund if they're unsatisfied). We're talking about readers here, after all, not clueless rubes.
There's no need for some sort of universal quality-unit per-dollar-charged formula to figure "reasonable" ebook prices (which could never be agreed upon anyway). The market will decide as always. As it's doing here.