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I won't necessarily agree with tompe that ebooks ought to be more expensive than paper. However, he is correct that you cannot blame Tor right now for the current prices. Tor is setting its current cover prices with the expectation that Amazon and other retailers will offer a significant discount. It's like castigating a car manufacturer on your new car's cash price because the auto dealer refuses to go below MSRP or, for a hot car, charges more than the MSRP.
This will change when Amazon switches to agency pricing, and Tor will gain much more control over pricing. Until agency pricing kicks in, you can't exclusively blame Tor for the price and can't predict how they will price it.
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