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I won't buy from them at all. Total boycott! | 71 | 16.75% | |
I won't buy from them at all and I will get their stuff from the darknets. | 90 | 21.23% | |
I won't buy from them at all and I will get their stuff through other legal means. | 22 | 5.19% | |
I won't buy at the higher price but I will wait some months for the price drop. | 131 | 30.90% | |
I'll buy books I'm eagerly anticipating at the higher price but wait for other stuff. | 56 | 13.21% | |
I'll buy whatever I feel like. The higher price doesn't matter to me. | 38 | 8.96% | |
Other. (Please explain.) | 16 | 3.77% | |
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02-05-2010, 05:29 AM | #106 | |
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02-05-2010, 05:35 AM | #107 | |
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I am in favor of the strategy of "sit this one out" until the prices are more reasonable. |
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02-05-2010, 06:53 AM | #108 |
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Just came across this from Kobo regarding pricing:
http://blog.kobobooks.com/2010/02/04...=Google+Reader |
02-05-2010, 07:11 AM | #109 | |
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02-05-2010, 08:43 AM | #111 | |
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02-05-2010, 10:12 AM | #112 | |
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File-coping is not stealing. Period. It follows therefore, that one cannot turn into a thief for doing so. Simple. Only one-fifth? That seems an incredibly low percentage. The majority of people must be clicking on the wrong button(s) by mistake Seriously, you are attempting to pin the label of ‘criminal’ on people who are only taking advantage of the monopoly hoarders crass stupidity and unbridled greed. By their own public actions, the monopoly hoarders are telling us that they are more than willing to forgo their own opportunity cost of making a transaction sale to potential customers — so we might as well just indulge them in their fantasies by taking to the free-way. |
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02-05-2010, 10:40 AM | #115 | |
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And yeah, I know that the owner didn't "lose" anything tangible, and that "information wants to be free," and so on. Ho, hum. I do understand why people do it. I also understand anger at the clueless publishers. I also know that much/most piracy doesn't represent lost sales (and in some cases may even be good for the author). And I believe that current copyright law is a bit ridiculous, and likely to get worse (not to mention the DMCA and its ilk). All well and good. It's still taking something of value, for which I would prefer to see the creator compensated. |
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02-05-2010, 10:41 AM | #116 |
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02-05-2010, 10:49 AM | #117 | |
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If MrBlueSky had spent a couple of years or more writing his own book only to see it linked around on various illegal torrent or Usenet groups, I'll bet he'd have a bit of a different attitude... |
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02-05-2010, 11:07 AM | #119 | |
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This is a complex subject for a reason; there are a number of issues to be balanced when deciding how to deal with copying, on both the legal and ethical level. It would be helpful if posters (on *both* sides) were willing to bring a bit more to the table and discuss this in a reasonable way. |
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02-05-2010, 11:10 AM | #120 |
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Why should I believe that MacMillan will actually lower prices. I've been looking at backlist ebooks and comparing prices of the ebook at Fictionwise to the cheapest new pbook I can order from Amazon. In Science Fiction why should I pay $26.95 for A Paradigm of Earth by Candas Jane Dorsey at Fictionwise when I can purchase a pbook version from a 3rd party seller at Amazon for $3.95? In mystery I can pay $27.95 for Someone to Kill by Kurt Corriher at Fictionwise or $1.98 from Amazon (3rd party).
I have no reason to believe that MacMillan or any publisher will lower ebook prices over time especially on backlist titles. The reasoning (or excuse) will be that it costs $$$ to produce the ebook title. MacMillan and the rest of the publishers will most likely set prices for ebooks but savvy consumers will either stop buying overpriced ebooks, buy paper versions or go to the darknet. Maybe the publishers will be better dropping ebook prices on new releases when the paperback is released but based on my experience it won't happen. |
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