Because, as Aemon says, that's how price discrimination works.
Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 01/02/2010 11:31:14 PM
There's virtually no difference in cost in producing a hardcover vs. a paperback. It's somewhere in the realm of pennies. But since people want to buy it, book companies charge them more for the "better edition." You're paying more for reading it early.
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Amazon Accepts Macmillan’s Demand for Higher E-Book Prices
01/02/2010 04:21:35 PM
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Amazon lost me as a customer over all this *NM*
01/02/2010 05:52:53 PM
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Why's that?
01/02/2010 06:55:35 PM
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I sum it up here
01/02/2010 08:42:02 PM
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That's an interesting point. And I have an opposite reaction.
01/02/2010 08:56:16 PM
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I like that they are public - I dislike that they affect the public so directly
01/02/2010 08:59:41 PM
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To each his own. I come away with the opposite reaction and like Amazon even more.
01/02/2010 09:35:10 PM
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I think his complaint is that he feels Amazon is using public opinion to pressure suppliers.
01/02/2010 09:04:16 PM
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It's a good tactic. I would have done the same thing. *NM*
01/02/2010 09:36:31 PM
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Is it though - Amazon's stock is way down today. Seems the tactic failed *NM*
01/02/2010 09:53:06 PM
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Apple stocks have gone down on days after major announcements too.
01/02/2010 10:04:04 PM
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agreed - short term doesn't mean much *NM*
01/02/2010 10:08:01 PM
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Macmillan will lose out when people like myself choose to find the book elsewhere.
01/02/2010 06:46:10 PM
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How easy is it to find books now?
01/02/2010 06:53:43 PM
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Pretty easily, actually.
01/02/2010 07:07:11 PM
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That's excellent.
01/02/2010 08:19:55 PM
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Screens are good.
01/02/2010 08:50:08 PM
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Two words: Leather cover.
01/02/2010 08:54:37 PM
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True, I do remember liking the cover. It's much nicer than what comes with the Sony.
01/02/2010 09:02:56 PM
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This is what I have. It sounds like what you have for your Sony.
01/02/2010 09:39:02 PM
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Unless you like a lot of old books, or have fairly eclectic tastes, you should be all set.
01/02/2010 07:11:30 PM
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$12.99 to $14.99 for a fiction ebook is ridiculous. *NM*
01/02/2010 07:44:20 PM
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Then again, it's half the price of a print version, for essentially the same product / experience.
01/02/2010 07:50:29 PM
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That's the thing, it's not.
01/02/2010 08:24:08 PM
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Because, as Aemon says, that's how price discrimination works.
01/02/2010 11:31:14 PM
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Not really. I buy new hardcover releases at Borders for around 18 to 20.
02/02/2010 12:34:08 AM
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I don't know about that.
01/02/2010 08:21:05 PM
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People pay that sort of money for DVd and more for Blue Ray
01/02/2010 08:00:47 PM
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Physical copy is rather important in that case, you know... at least to me.
01/02/2010 08:54:05 PM
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Good for MacMillan. I'll cheer on anyone who takes a stab against e-books.
02/02/2010 04:00:05 AM
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Whaaa?
02/02/2010 04:08:50 AM
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Yes, of course.
02/02/2010 04:33:13 AM
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In ten years you'll have an ebook reader.
02/02/2010 05:34:57 AM
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I know. That's the problem. *NM*
02/02/2010 12:56:32 PM
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Oh, hush. Go sit in the corner and listen to your 8-track while the rest of us enjoy The Future.
*NM*
02/02/2010 02:37:33 PM
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The lower prices, the increased profit, or the ecological benefit? *NM*
02/02/2010 05:17:13 PM
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The gradual loss of physical books. *NM*
02/02/2010 05:32:39 PM
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Mmm. I detect an illogical argument.
02/02/2010 05:35:14 PM
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It will increase the number of books available
02/02/2010 01:55:05 PM
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One apt analogy is the widespread use of recording tools like Pro Tools.
02/02/2010 08:07:22 PM
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Uh, so what you want to dictate is the medium by which people read? You have no right.
02/02/2010 08:01:09 PM
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