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Originally Posted by thinkpadx
Would people start buying less books if the prices went up to $15? In the beginning I think so. Then people would get used to it. The fact is that Amazon has set the standard so for anyone to be able to increase the prices and pull it off they would have to be really big say like Apple.
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Well, I'd one that probably wouldn't just get used to it. I don't even buy the ebooks at 9.99, but I do buy them when they are cheaper than the paperback. I pretty much look for the cheapest version and if it isn't cheap enough for my budget (my budget often includes the 4 for 3 free shipping at amazon) I get the book used or interlibrary loan. So they can raise the prices if they are able, but I already avoid trade paperback because it's simply too expensive. Yes, I have purchased trade paperback because there was no other option, but I can think of only two instances when I was too impatient to wait for a used copy to come down under the 10 dollar range--with shipping included.
The more I'm online, the more I find I can just go select a different book in the same category. I can sample most of them before I buy so I've become more selective.