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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Personally, I could handle it if they set the default e-price for new-release hardcovers to $15, that's what Baen does with their E-Arcs. However, if they're setting e-books of hardcovers to $15 then they should set e-books of paperbacks closer to $5.
I've rarely felt ripped off by the e-price of a book that's still in hardcover, because even when dead tree is discounted and cheaper, the e-version is usually at least lower than list. It's when the e-version is damn near double the list price of dead tree, like a $15 e-book for a $7 or $8 paperback that I get angry.
Sure does look interesting though.
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I agree!
I'm okay with them charging $9.99 or even $14.99 at initial release only if they can guarantee that after 6 - 12 months that the price drops to 50% of mass paperback. If I really want the book sooner, I'm willing to pay more money like the hard cover edition. With this pricing model, I feel less that I'm being taken advantage of because I have the option of paying a cheaper price 6 to 12 months later. Even though the publishers may not agree, I feel this model is fair for both them and the consumer.
A lot of people may disagree with me since value is a subjective term. But I already feel angry and cheated with $9.99 books. If you look at hardcover, trade paperback, mass paperback, it all scales in price. You pay more for hardcover because you get a nice big hardcover book, you pay more for trade paperback because it's on nicer paper and so on.
What do I get for a digital ebook? Just a digital copy not even printed on paper. Unless I own a nook, I can't loan it out to a friend. I can't even sell it to a used bookstore or donate it to the library.
Does pricing structure makes sense for the paper versions but there seems to be a premium for ebooks even though I see the value in them as less than mass paperback. In my opinion, they should cost 50% of mass paperback.