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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Yes. It really is what we're talking about. You can't prefer ebooks (to the point of expecting never to read a paper book again) and yet value them less than paper books. That you can't seem to grasp that is baffling to me. You want the format you desire more to cost less than the format you don't desire at all! Does that even sound remotely reasonable?  |
Hmmm... these days I mostly purchase songs and even albums from iTunes. Oddly, it seems to be less expensive that purchasing the same content on CD even when I purchase the entire album. Add in that the the CD does not allow me to purchase the only two songs on it that are worth listening to.
I do remember several discussions about the cost of producing a dead tree book -- for a large run, i.e. bestseller sales level, the cost ran about $3.50 per book for printing and binding, never mind distribution, returns and credits, etc. Smaller runs are more expensive per book since there are fixed costs involved in getting from the electronic format supplied by the author to paper. This makes it rather hard to justify an ebook costing more than the same book in paperback.
So the complaint about ebooks costing more than paper books despite preferring ebooks is entirely valid to me. That you seem to feel that spending more on an ebook validates your preference for them is something I have a great deal of difficulty understanding.