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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Selling cheap ebooks simultaneously with hardcovers reduces their potential profit so they don't like it. Selling cheap ebooks simultaneously with paperbacks doesn't hit their bottom line the same way.
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So why do we now have Macmillan ebooks that are priced HIGHER than the mass market paperbacks that have been out for years in some cases? Look at the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time books. Before the Macmillan meltdown, these were the same price or slightly cheaper than the paperbacks. Now, the Kindle prices on Amazon have been raised to HIGHER than the paperbacks! And these are books that have been in print in paperback for >10 years. It sure seems to me this is nothing but deliberately trying to discourage ebook sales. Why else would things be priced this way? It makes no sense.