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I am glad to see that the mocking of the earlier posts has turned into a rigorous debate. Many of the issues being discussed have been discussed on the other forum. But I will summarize the few that I believe are important:
- No one has ever suggested that the Author, the Publisher and/or Amazon should not make a profit, we Kindle readers just think there should be something in it for use as electronic distribution is inherently less expensive than DTB distribution.
- We already except that PBs should cost less than hardcover, why shouldn't an ebook cost less than a PB?
- We see no reason not to let publishers know why we are not purchasing an ebook when the price is too high. Everyone of you can decide on that price point.
- We understand that the publisher sets the List Price and Amazon sets the Retail Price. We believe further that Amazon reimburses the publisher some percentage of the List Price regardless of what Amazon actually sells the ebook for. We just don't know what that percentage is.
- Finally, we understand that there are advantages to ebooks beyond price. Though many of us believe price is #1.
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