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rabbie · 10-07-2009, 09:21 AM

I am considering buying an ebook reader but was shocked by the price difference between ebooks and printed. As an example in Waterstones online Ian Banks book Transition was £14.00 for ebook, £13.00 for Hardback and £9.09 for paperback. How can they justify this? They have no printing,distribution or postage costs and in my view the prices should be the other way round.
I would be good to hear some other views. Hope I have put this in the right place

10-07-2009, 09:21 AM	#1
rabbie Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Peebles Scotland Device: none	Hello from Peebles Scotland I am considering buying an ebook reader but was shocked by the price difference between ebooks and printed. As an example in Waterstones online Ian Banks book Transition was £14.00 for ebook, £13.00 for Hardback and £9.09 for paperback. How can they justify this? They have no printing,distribution or postage costs and in my view the prices should be the other way round. I would be good to hear some other views. Hope I have put this in the right place