sigh.

[silveraspen]

On Amazon vs. MacmillanFrom my perspective, Macmillan (or any other publisher) is free to price their books however they like.  I am free not to purchase them if I think the prices are too high -- or to wait for paperback or used-book or library versions.  E-books are somewhat of a different story on that last score, because I'm not aware of an

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[batyatoon]

I may have actually gone and commented on the genderfail thing. >.<

STOP ME BEFORE I DO IT AGAIN.

[silveraspen]

From another link in that discussion -- it looks like they might be getting closer to a reasonable fix. I'll see what happens if/when it's implemented.

I do think it's ad-related, btw. The gender field does seem to make a difference on what ads you're shown for any "plus" account. That's part of the reason I don't specify.

Right now, I'm too weary to be bitter.

[the_croupier]

I don't think I'm disagreeing with any of the posts above, but I'm afraid I feel a rant coming on anyway, so here it is. Sorry

[silveraspen]

Hat tip once again to jimhines, who provided the link to the following:

Charlie Stross's take on the situation, plus information on the supply-demand chain in ebook publishing.

I'd like to see the incremental-price model, myself. For books I really want, by authors I really like, I currently pay the higher hardback prices instead of waiting for the extra six months to a year for the paperback.

What those incremental prices should be is another question altogether, as you've identified above.

[the_croupier]

Referencing Charlie Stross is always a good way to make me pay attention

[vureoelt]

Indeed. The problem with E-anything is the amount of actual control you have over something that you purchase... DRM and other such controls do take away the rights of the customers.

[silveraspen]

Yes. I like what jmcgarry said above about the first-sale rule.

[vureoelt]

Yeah, it is interesting, but I'm not sure how true it is so I haven't fully formed an opinion on it.