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Fortunately, you can resell your books the price you want. There is no money for the publisher. Alas, no money either for the author. And yes, books are expen
by JeanMarcS 8y ago
Fortunately, you can resell your books the price you want. There is no money for the publisher.
Alas, no money either for the author.
And yes, books are expensive in France. And alas again, only a small part of the price goes to the author.
They are pretty much greedy yes. Or, mainly, the big publishers. Small one struggle to survive.
And the worst part of it ? Epub and PDF are almost the same price than the hardcover versions !
The official reason is that it protects small book stores from Kindles (or any ebook reader), but I'm pretty sure it's just publishers lobbying.
And, again, in the end, the author receives only a small part of the sell.
- webmobdev 8y ago> Epub and PDF are almost the same price than the hardcover versions ! That's atrocious and something I really dislike. I personally believe that ebooks should be cheaper - by subtracting the cost it takes to print the paper books (and that should be the maximum price).
- JeanMarcS 8y agoCost to print, but also cost to stock (I worked with a small publisher for years, and they had to rent a big storage facility for their stock), the cost to ship, etc. These are marginal when selling ePub, and yet it’s still expensive in France. Wanna know something even more stupid ? Most of the time, you can’t buy them from out of France ! I don’t know if this is still true, but two years ago I tried to buy ePub online and couldn’t because I was not in France. Fun fact ? I was living in the Caribbean on a French island (Guadeloupe), which is run on French laws and administration.