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Originally Posted by Xanthe
I just won't buy MacMillan books - I'll get them from alternative sources.
No e-book is worth more than $10.00. Everything is data transfer; there are no printing or transportation costs incurred. As much as I'm enjoying ebooks, it is still a lesser reading experience, IMO, than reading and having an actual physical book.
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Never ask a consumer what the price for something
should be. A book is always worth whatever people
will pay for it. In light of that, I am sure that McMillan (which has dozens of names it publishes under, by the way) will always charge as much as it can without driving down demand. Also, I am sure that prices will change far more often under the new pricing model, with each book priced at the ideal balancing point.
Also, please note that with both an eBook and a pBook, production costs are not a big factor in determining how much to charge. Most of the cost of a book is marketing, paying the author, and paying the bookstore.
Finally as I am sure you are not threatening to steal a product because it costs too much, I (and the publisher) encourage you to use the Library, and share your love of a book with your friends, who will hopefully buy it and support authors writing quality books.
I do empathize with the lesser reading experience sentiment. The lack of ligatures, real hyphenation and justification, and low resolution drive me nuts. That having said, I can hardly read that small print in a pBook anymore, and it is way too much exercise to turn a page. The experience of hearing the book in my head is worth the same to me, in the end, regardless of how it gets there.