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"Why is $10 too much for an ebook ? - surely it depends on the value of the content inside it." I think if we are talking about entertainment books (novels and
by Tichy 16y ago
"Why is $10 too much for an ebook ? - surely it depends on the value of the content inside it."
I think if we are talking about entertainment books (novels and such), there simply is too much competition. At the end of the day, a lot of those entertainment books could be exchanged for another entertainment book. I suppose for similar reasons cinema tickets tend to not vary too much with the content of the movie?
- ig1 16y agoCinema tickets are fixed due to price fixing by the big movie studios. Studios don't want some movies to be priced lower than other movies as that would send the signal that the cheaper movies are worse than the more expensive movies. A few years ago Stelios of EasyJet fame tried to start a cinema chain which offered dynamic pricing, Warner Bros, Disney, and 20th Century Fox all refused to licence any of their movies to him which more or less killed his business.
- runevault 16y agoYes and no on replaceability. On one hand you could argue within a range one book is as good as another. However for many people, once they come to enjoy an authors work, that particular author is "not replaceable" because you want his unique writing voice/take on things/etc. Until you find those authors you adore to that degree, however, yes books are totally interchangeable after a certain quality threshold is passed.