Thread: Why is it okay for Jobs, but not for Bezos?
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Old 02-03-2010, 03:19 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht View Post
Sure, Macmillan claims that they'll drop ebooks to $5.99, but they're not doing it now. For example, a popular author like Sue Grafton has a number of backlist MMPB books with a retail price of $7.99, but the ebooks are sold at $14 and up. Over at Fictionwise, BOB, etc. there are plenty of ebooks that didn't drop in price to match the MMPB (especially books by MacMillan and its subsidiaries).
This is exactly my concern. If I choose to pay $15.99 to get an ebook day and date with the hardcover, I can live with that decision. But I should never have to pay more than the paperback edition, once it comes out, for an ebook edition -- that's absurd.
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