Op 24-2-2013 21:45, Raymond Feist schreef:
On Feb 22, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Paddy jack <[email protected]> wrote:
I would think that costs for electronic presentation, format, fonts etc would
offset a little the costs of distribution and printing.
Having said that, I'm often pissed that a new ebook is sometimes close to
17-20$. I agree to pay more on a new release because I get a hardcover book of
higher quality, but an electronic book?? What will be the difference between
this copy and the one available 6 months from there? Nothing.
PJ
Cost is only part of the issue. Realize that 90% of what you buy, the price is
set by the market. They charge that because people pay it.
Best, R.E.F.
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Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by
stupidity.
In the Netherlands there is also a difference between taxes. 6% on
paperbooks, 21% on ebooks.
The price is set by the publisher and can only be changed every half year.
Publishers keep the same price for their eBooks, It is thought to
prevent from not selling their paper books any more. But the publishers
don't 'tell why' themselves. They refer to Dutch laws. But for Dutch law
an eBook is not a book. The definition of book includes paper pages. So
the publisher can ask whatever they want for eBooks like R.E.F. writes.
It is however the reason why import books (non-Dutch) are cheaper than
the same seized books in Dutch. Even though import books have to deal
with import taxes and all.
