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I really don't get why ebooks are so pricy. If they were half the price of a book, I would actually consider buying them instead of borrowing them or only using

• blacksmith_tb 10y ago
  Even when they are cheaper to purchase, ebooks often make more money for the publisher[1], as the author's share tends to be smaller. It's interesting to see that the costs to produce a hardcover book are only a very small part of its total price. 1: http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/06/a-publishers-perspective-on-profits-ebooks-vs-print/ http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/06/a-publishers-perspectiv...
• therpe1 10y ago
  Ebook prices are set to be artificially high by publishers in order to prop up the paper business. It's a strategy that has strongly diminishing returns and doesn't make much sense but I suppose it does slow the decline.
• zBard 9y ago
  Partially because Amazon lost to the Publishers in 2014-15 - https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/technology/amazon-hachette-ebook-dispute.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/technology/amazon-hachett... ? All ebook prices jumped after that. I am not sure why no one is correlating the price increase to the the drop in Ebook sales, especially since Amazon at that point pointed out exactly this as a consequence - since ebooks have to compete with other digital media.
  • soreasan 9y ago
    I'm surprised no one is focusing on this as well. I believe that ebooks being overpriced is the main reason they aren't selling well. If ebooks were at least the same price as paperbacks instead of more expensive I would buy more of them. But right now it's cheaper to buy physical copies of books than ebooks.