Comments | seph_ski: On Vox: A Note to Publishers:

seph_ski

On Vox: A Note to Publishers:

Jun 28, 2010 10:42

If you're selling an electronic edition of a book for more than the paperback edition, you're shooting yourself in the foot and losing sales. I love reading books on my Kindle, but when I feel like you're trying to cash in on a trend rather than just selling something at a fair value, I'm going to keep my wallet in my pocket and borrow a copy ( Read more... )

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slytherin13 June 28 2010, 17:22:36 UTC

That is weird & lame. Honestly, it should be CHEAPER, cause they aren't having to PRINT the copies..

seph_ski June 28 2010, 17:25:39 UTC

I know! They don't have to print them, truck them, store them, dispose of them if they don't sell, ... An ebook should be a lot cheaper. The book I was looking at was $8.97 for the paperback, and $12.99 for the Kindle version. I'm serious about just getting it from them library. Obviously I can't trust this publisher, so I won't do business with them.

slytherin13 June 28 2010, 17:34:35 UTC

You should email the publisher about it...give them a piece of your MIND!

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seph_ski June 28 2010, 18:41:12 UTC

Nope. The paperback is listed for $8.97, the Kindle version for $12.99.

crankyoldgoat June 29 2010, 09:25:27 UTC

effort to get the hardcopy books out of the warehouse faster, lower the price?

e-book - licensing fees that don't exist for paper version?

alceria July 1 2010, 20:39:02 UTC

I know exactly what you mean. It makes me so mad when the electronic version is more, or isn't substantially less. I'm sorry, but I bet a couple electronic copies more than pays for the time it took to create the file, and after that it's pure profit. And we can't share them easily with our friends, like traditional books, so I don't think we should have to pay full price. Not to mention the money saved on paper, transport, etc.

What really makes it difficult is when there is a book I want to read, but I know I will want a print copy too, and then the indecision keeps me from buying anything. I wish publishers would wake up and include the digital copy with the book for a nominal fee, or free. Even DVDs now come with free digital copies to put on an ipod....how it is it any different really? Amazon has this thing now where if you buy the book you can pay a few bucks more and get a web-accessible version too, but it's not kindle friendly, which is kind of pointless.