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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I'd be very happy to see Books go. I'd also be very happy for apple to drop eBooks.
It's Apple's fault that eBooks are more expensive then they used to be.
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It's not that simple. Amazon only discounted a small percentage (basically NYT bestsellers). Everything else was set by publisher. And long before the bogus price-fixing lawsuit was successful, Amazon signed contracts that let publishers set the prices. In the end, even Amazon couldn't force them to agree to any other terms, and that's pretty much the same terms as for any digital media purchase.
Nobody is forced to pay $20 (or more) for a new release. I certainly don't. My average purchase is about $3.50. That's a lot less than I was paying for print books, even used ones.