Here is another reason why.....it is common!?
Sea Dragon Heir by
Storm Constantine
On amazon I can buy the book starting with second hand for
£3.42 or
brand new for
£6.29 including shipping.
Now look at this atrocity:
at least £15
Now. Please, don't tell me to call them and maybe it is a mistake and maybe they will reduce the price and maybe...it is vendor's problem. If someone wants to stay in business they gotta move their asses in order to meet customer's demand. (I absolutely don't care who is to be blamed Fictionwise (I doubt) or publisher). Not my problem. It applies to any business model. Let's say if I don't/cannot fix costumer's IT problem, they don't care whether I have a headache today or not, they go to a new service provider. Why book selling should be any different?
Again, please please don't tell me about taking bread from writer's table, because if I buy a second hand book, the writer will not get a dime.
P.S. I am not even talking about the whole series
Magravandias.
The first book is available as [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
The second and third as: [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
Means if I am a honest customer I am stuck between 2 absolutely incompatible platforms/ DRM protections (Mobipocket and Microsoft) or I must resort to yet a third DRM scheme and ebook reader that I have supports it.
After that you are surprised that ebook piracy exists?