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Old 01-16-2019, 03:45 PM   #452
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Originally Posted by Deskisamess View Post
Sure, but it used to be a frequent complaint of users on the old Amazon forum, but most posters couldn't back up their rants about digital books always costing more than print versions.
Always? Of course not. But here are a few books I found without having to look too hard:

The Devil in the White City
Kindle: $11.99
Paperback: $9.79

Dune
Kindle: $9.99
Paperback: $8.99

Tuesdays With Morrie
Kindle: $11.99
Paperback: $9.92

East of Eden
Kindle: $14.99
Paperback: $12.23

The Girl on the Train
Kindle: $9.99
Paperback: $7.09

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Kindle: $11.99
Paperback: $9.32

The Han Solo Adventures
Kindle: $7.99
Paperback: $6.47

Now, I understand that there's usually reasons. Amazon can discount the paper book but not the Kindle book. But still, there's the perception problem. To the average Joe, the e-version should be cheaper than the physical copy. It's what the news and PR firms tell them and it's been this way for movies and music and (in general) e-books are cheaper. So when they aren't, it feels like the seller is greedy, regardless of the truth of things.

And that leads to this problem:

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Given the tread topic, the question to rogueconnecticut is, is high price a defensible motivation for piracy?
My answer to that is: who cares? You can judge all you want, but it won't do a lick of good. The best way to fight digital piracy is to make the content easily available to buyers at a reasonable price.

What killed Napster and its ilk was Apple selling songs for $0.99. Not the threat of arrest.

The ubiquity of Netflix was driving down movie piracy. I suspect that won't last when each studio or network thinks they're Disney and launches their own streaming service.

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My POV is that digital books are worth more than print version because of the benefits they offer.
I agree. Also, most of the books I buy aren't put out by the bigs and once you leave them, e-books are quite a bit cheaper.

But there's still the perception that digital should be cheaper than physical.
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