Thread: Publishers 'completely divided' over e-book pricing
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Old 10-01-2009, 02:49 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
You and everyone else I know feels the same way. The bottom line seems to be "The ebook should not be more expensive than the mass market paperback edition."

I can see areas in which this may not be true down the road. For example, the ePub format is a container. It can contain more than text. It's possible to produce an ePub edition delivered on CD or DVD, that would include an audio version of the book, a video interview with the author, a gallery of art inspired by the book, and other things besides the actual electronic text. How much should that cost? More than the mass market paperback, for sure.
If the ebook came with extras like that, I'd be willing to pay more. However, as things stand, they currently do not. For just the standard book, any amount more than than the paperback is too much.
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