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The article uses video games as the example of physical media that suffers if digital is the only option. I'd like to add books to that list. When the first Ki
by rchaud 3y ago
The article uses video games as the example of physical media that suffers if digital is the only option. I'd like to add books to that list.
When the first Kindle came out in 2006, the marketing indicated that e-books would be cheaper than paperbacks, for the same reason a 12-track album on iTunes was $12 instead of $18.99 for the CD. So you would put up the DRM and Amazon's remote deletion features for potentially lower prices.
Almost 20 years later, this has not borne out as planned. Ebooks are almost the same price as paperbacks! In some cases, a new paperback is cheaper $12 than the Kindle version ($14.99), such as the Theranos expose book Bad Blood:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=bad+blood+book&crid=3J4CU652CO2WM&sprefix=bad+blood+book%2Caps%2C146&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=bad+blood+book&crid=3J4CU652CO2WM...