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Originally Posted by murraypaul
I think this is a bogus stat.
I'm guess what it actually says is that the eBook of a new release is $6.25 less than the hardback.
Not $6.25 cheaper than the paperback version, and certainly not cheaper than picking up books in second-hand shops, which is where most of the books I buy come from, and which is a non-existent market for eBooks.
What proportion of peoples' book purchases are full-price hardbacks? For me it is zero.
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Dear murraypaul:
I am not arguing. Sometimes I do not see this difference either. The statistics are from BISG's Survey of Consumer Attitudes Toward eBook Reading in 2009. The sample size was 40,000 people and the confidence level was 95%.
I published every statistic they gave out at Book Expo America on my blog:
www.robertbEZ.blogspot.com.
I agree that sometimes I also do not see such a difference. However, I know that in my eBook Store we have a ton of novels by Independent Authors and Publishers (in addition to 400,000 "pay" titles and 1 MILLION Google Free eBooks) and a lot of their novels in eBook format (EPUB) run $1.99-$4.99. In paperback they would be $9.99.
Also, I have done some studying on Paper Mill Sludge (which comes from bleaching paper pulp white) and its 32 known carcinogens. The inevitable outcome is far stricter standards now and that means white paper prices are going up!