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Originally Posted by Over
People complain about the ebook prices, but it's still a growing market. While companies see that with their current prices they continue to have a growing market, there's no point in lowering the prices. It's milking the cow while it lasts.
The conflicting part is that many people prefer to pay outrageous prices, thinking that if they don't buy, the companies will think that ebooks are not viable.
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You have to wonder if it takes a 'consumer revolt' like the mass filesharing of popular music before the companies turn things around, though the difference with music is there was a bridge to the old medium: you could burn CDs. We haven't yet seen mass acceptance of the fact that {electronic file = book}, and most people don't have the means to read an ebook ready to hand.
As larger format smartphones and smaller format laptops proliferate at accessible prices, we might see the equation change on ebooks, with more people filesharing new releases if the market doesn't change.