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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
The crux of many peoples' problem is their continued insistence on comparing the price of the format they want to the price of the format they don't want. Why? I don't know. If they prefer to buy/read ebooks, then it naturally follows that they might just value them more than physical books (even if they won't admit this to themselves and others). Why should anyone sell someone what they want most, for less than the price of something very similar that they don't want at all? It makes no sense to me.
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I find that kind of perverse. They are the same story, just different delivery format.
At the end of the day, you read the story and enjoy it however much you do. The method of delivery to your brain does have some impact, but that varies. There is a mix of desires involved, and you cannot say they are entirely different. You are buying a book or ebook for the same activity of reading the same words. The book and ebook have the same genesis in the author's mind, they have the same development ... so with the end product, one naturally compares prices ... what is the best value for money for a very similar product.
Is anyone gonna say they disliked the story because it was a physical book or ebook? Hardly think so. The experience of reading may be impacted due to health issues for instance, and that might impact the flow of the story. But you cannot apply such to everyone, and you cannot certainly base price on it.
The story has the same value to me however I read it.
If something is cheaper to produce, and ebooks definitely are, then why wouldn't you pass a good portion of that saving onto the customer. What better promotion than reading books for cheaper, especially when you consider what is spent on promotion much of the time.
Most people have this perception that digital progress means cheaper, and why shouldn't they? Especially when all the facts say that conclusively.