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Originally Posted by stustaff
I am getting slightly confused here by a number of opinions.
Firstly that $15 is expensive.
I feel thats a very good price for a NEW Ebook Id expect to pay around $20 for a HB copy.
it may seem expensive because of Amazons discounting but it really imo isnt overly expensive.
Why do we believe an Ebook should be less than a HB?
surely as many on here believe its the content that is important? if a HBs cost of delivery, production etc is less than a couple of dollars, then an Ebook price a couple of dollars under HB seems reasonable to me.
The same should then apply when release as a PB an Ebook price of say a dollar less.
The industry doesnt seem to have 'got'/managed this yet, but i believe they will get there.
But in the meantime why are we unhappy at what seems a reasonable price?
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You left out resale value. If you read a new release quickly, you can recoup a pretty substantial percentage of the cover price in the secondhand market.
That's both a reason why people might think ebooks should be cheaper, and why publishers should be falling over themselves, including aggressive price reductions, to encourage their readers to switch to ebooks.