Thread: Is piracy likely to harm ebook sales?
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:32 PM   #184
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
I can understand paying more of a premium for brand new material when it comes out, then later a reduction in price to equal most "fairly recent" (1-5 year old) material. I wouldn't have a problem paying for backlist at a significant discount of the cost of "fairly recent" books... but it wouldn't have to be "super-low." Say, 33-50% of the cost of 1-5-year old books, and possibly variable upon the popularity of the book. I agree, I see no reason to essentially "give away" backlist, just because they're old.
Since nobody outside the second hand market is making anything from the sale of those old books, I would have thought any price they could get for them as ebooks would be a bonus.
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