Jeez. In the past, they at least pretended the price of the physical book had some relationship to the price of the supplies used to create the book. Hardbacks cost most to create and are priced accordingly. Trade paperbacks have higher quality pages, but a soft cover, so cost less than hardbacks, but more than mass market paperbacks. MMPH are made cheaply and are priced as such.
Why he thinks eBooks should be priced at a "weighted average" between the three makes no sense...beyond sheer corporate greed. The "weighting" might just be in the percentage going to the CEO's bonuses.
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