Thread: Library E-Book Lending Poses Rising Problem for Publishing Industry
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Old 07-29-2019, 02:13 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by leebase View Post
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Amazon wanted to set the new book price at $9.99. Well, of COURSE that was a popular idea for most anyone except the publishers. After the shakeout...the publishers have set the new book price at $14.99 for the ebook version and $17.99 (or thereabouts) for the hard back. It's still cheaper than the original "new book window" price. This notion that nobody is going to pay $14.99 when they used to pay $20-$25 is silly.

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It's always hard to quote pricing (I assume you live in the U.S.), but looking at NY times best seller list (hardbacks), the hard backs are all priced at <$14 (I stopped looking after the top 4), and the ebooks are more expensive than the hardbacks (prices are from Amazon).
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