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And I can see some justification for not wanting a "new best seller" going for less then the hardback book. Let them buy the hardback book if they just can't wait. But rixte is right. Quote:
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At least with Amazon ebooks you have the option of reading them via an app on other devices (not dedicated readers). With Apple the only *&#i@ing option is to buy an iPad to get the "low" price.
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Why is $7.99 "market reality" for a book that needs to be printed, bound, warehoused, shipped, shelved, carried about, and returned for a full refund, but $9.99 not "market reality" for a book that needs none of those things?
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Because of the publisher's cut.
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Publishers received the full amount of profit regardless of Hardbook or eBook sale. The price was set by the publisher and Amazon took the hit. They fought two big fears, one they don't want to change. They'd be happy keeping the pbook model since it is what they know. Second they feared consumers would get use to the $10 price point and later demand that as a price point. As for market reality I disagree as well. I've bought more books and read more because of the lower price point. The higher price reduces demand and is set by the inefficiency of the publisher. Price has nothing to do with what the market will bear. As a matter of fact, you will see priced continue to reduce since the market is correcting itself. =X= |
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There needs to be some sort of universal model. Like non-reference and non text ebooks can't be sold for over $15.99. Also all best sellers should be $9.99 for a few weeks then go up after that time is over. Also ebooks should not be more than their physical counterpart. If the ebook market continues to grow at a quick pace at some point publishers will be forced to lower prices or die off. Digital is the future and if you aren't willing to except that then you should go the way of the dinosaurs.
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I do think that setting up a group of 5 or however many publishers to price fix shouldn't be lawful. By allowing that, it makes it possible for the "market" to really be a "market" which is dictating price via any kind of competition. * making allowances for variance in if the publisher has to pay any kind of fees due to DRM/format, but I'd assume not. Last edited by crazed792; 06-02-2010 at 03:48 PM. |
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That was also true of Kindle initially. The ability to read kindle books on other devices is a very new option.
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Amazon wasn't necessairly loosing a lot of money either. They may have been selling some bestsellers at a loss for $9.99 but they were also making money selling $9.99 ebook versions of new to paperback releases that were selling for $6.99 - $7.99 in paper.
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A lot of those $9.99 ebooks with $6.99-$7.99 pbook equivalents had $14.99 list prices as ebooks. Sure they were making money on them, but they were still having to give a pretty good discount.
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