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Originally Posted by Moejoe
True. Didn't think of it that way.  It's just so depressing to see that we're getting shafted again and nobody is doing a thing about it. We're powerless as usual, with no way to affect any reasonable change, while the companies steam roll over us once again. |
I don't think we are powerless I think if a lot of people are upset we can make a change by not buying ebooks over $9.99 and also not buying the associated print version of the book. That will probably drive them to either lower prices or get out of ebooks and I don't see the latter happening with the ebook market being hot.
Companies tend to notice when they take a hit in the pockets.
Again, I'm already angry with the $9.99 price with the way ebooks are formatted now. I can understand a premium for hardcover books or trade paperbacks because you get higher quality paper , etc. but ebooks is digital and probably cost less to distribute and obviously less to mass produce. Given that and the lack of consistent formatting and editing for some books really make me feel like they should be price half of mass paperback prices.
They seem to charge a lot compared to the quality we get. Most of the ebooks I've purchased don't even include the cover art.
Oh and not to mention that if I buy an ebook, It also probably includes some sort of DRM.