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Originally Posted by Dopedangel
The prices of ebooks will remain unreasonable until there is wide spread adoption of electronic readers and ebook piracy starts hitting the publishers bottom line.
So far the average age of users I think is over 30 once the younger generation adopts
it they are the ones that are used to getting things free of the internet like movies, songs, Tv shows so would not like to pay $20-25 for something they might only read once
So you will have to wait for another 4-5 years.
Before ebooks have a watershed moment like the music industry did with mp3.
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I can't wait for the day ... I have an ebook reader and so do my 14 and 16 year old daughters.
Even though I am over 30 (ouch!) I am well aware where to get free ebooks, and pirated ebooks even, but I'd much rather support an author and *pay* for their hard work! It is the publishing companies I guess that are ripping us off by making us pay the same price as a hard cover book. Which will backfire on them, as I am not desperate enough for this particular book to buy it at this price. I'll wait until Fictionwise have it and they'll probably have it with a 100% micropay rebate, which allows me to buy more books at no cost
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