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Originally Posted by rcentros
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.
I've never listened to an audio book and I definitely wouldn't pay $30 for an audio book novel.
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.
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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We have been through this before. I gave the figures showing how Amazon was losing money on $10 eBooks back when we had this discussion before. I see no particular point in presenting the same data over and over again just because it doesn't match what you want to believe.