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maynard · 04-17-2010, 07:38 PM

And on the price of books (which I know has more to do with publisher's contracts than Entourage policy). So, this afternoon I watched a C-SPAN bookTV discussion by the author of "Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction". The price at the Edge store is $18.99, while Amazon's HARDCOVER price is $17.99. Amazon's Kindle version is $14.79. It astonishes me that publishers honestly think they can sell an electronic copy of a book at _more_ than hardcover prices.

This market is completely upside down.

04-17-2010, 07:38 PM	#11
maynard Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: iPhone, PRS-505, iLiad, Entourage Edge	And on the price of books (which I know has more to do with publisher's contracts than Entourage policy). So, this afternoon I watched a C-SPAN bookTV discussion by the author of "Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction". The price at the Edge store is $18.99, while Amazon's HARDCOVER price is $17.99. Amazon's Kindle version is $14.79. It astonishes me that publishers honestly think they can sell an electronic copy of a book at _more_ than hardcover prices. This market is completely upside down. Last edited by maynard; 04-17-2010 at 07:47 PM.