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Originally Posted by sirbruce
With ebooks, people expect paperback prices for new hardback releases. And that's a problem. I personally would be happy if new ebooks came out at $10 - $13 along with the $25 hardback, then reducing to $5 - $8 when the paperback comes out. And I think this sort of structure allows for more profits all parties: publishers, retailer, and author.
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Very good post Sirbruce, very good points all. I never really thought about it but I have always thought that for an ebook I would only want to pay $5 give or take. You have however made me rethink my positioning on that. I am not a writer but am lucky to have a full time writer as a friend and have some knowledge of how much work goes into a book other than the writers putting down the words. I now realize that my desire for $5 ebooks was just that, a desire. I too agree that a tiered structure that coincides with the hardback/paperback release would be acceptable to me, the customer, and beneficial to the industry and therefore the writers. Consider me on the bandwagon. If I really want a book when it just came out I do buy it in hardcover and pay the extra. Why shouldn't I do the same for ebooks. That being said if they threw in some extra content or art work to go with the higher "hardebook" price that would make swallowing that pill a little easier.
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Mike