Thread: The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution. It never quite came.
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Old 12-30-2019, 06:15 PM   #42
rcentros
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On pricing - I don't think it's ever been the issue that people have made it out to be. I find it ludicrous that people had no problem with $25 hard backs "on sale" for $20 but think $14.99 for an ebook is absurd.
I've never paid $25 for a hardback novel. I always waited for them to come to paperback where they used to sell for less than $5, later in the $6 or $7 range. $10 eBooks where the first books I bought at initial release.

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Also, Audio books are even MORE expensive and they are the highest growth area right now (as someone else also pointed out).
I've never listened to an audio book and I definitely wouldn't pay $30 for an audio book novel.

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Also, along with ebook has come the rise of the Indie author and REALLY CHEAP ebooks.

Not to mention all the free ebooks available.
Yep. And, unfortunately, a lot of them aren't very good. I've come to that conclusion after reading quite a few of these free and cheap books from Amazon. I haven't downloaded one of my free Prime books in about six months. I go to Overdrive instead. Mostly I use Amazon for inexpensive reprint books (on history or religion) not for novels.

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Not to mention all the free ebooks available.You can pay far less than $10 for an ebook. But you can't get "newly released, best sellers for $10 anymore now that Amazon's "lose money to buy up market share" campaign has been stopped.

But just because a particular book costs $14.99 --- you have LOTS of cheaper options in ebooks.
Do you have proof that Amazon was "losing money" on $10 eBooks? Or is this an assumption? There's no reason why eBooks should cost more than paperback books. You have no physical product that has to be processed, stored, shipped or bought back from the distributor when it fails to sell on the shelves. My first choice "cheaper option" is now Overdrive. I don't know what the publishers make loaning books via Overdrive, but I'm guessing they would make more selling me copies at $10.
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