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Old 02-12-2010, 03:59 PM   #89
Ben Thornton
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Originally Posted by RedHeadPeter View Post
It isn't a price of $9.99 or $4.99 or whatever. It's being asked to pay more than the physical book would cost. Why would you expect to get an e-book for less than $9.99 if the physical book costs $100?
And geographical restrictions.
Quite so. A lot of people seem to talk about the absolute price ("I won't pay more than $15") when for me, as you say, the important thing is to pay no more than for paper - and ideally a little less. There aren't many e-books that I'd pay £100 for, but there are some (well, one).
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