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To: gogogodzilla

I don’t understand why e-books are more expensive than paperbacks. There are no printing costs, distribution costs, no overhead, no retailing costs, etc, etc, etc.

Because people will pay it.


137 posted on 01/07/2012 1:29:39 PM PST by Valin (I'm not completely worthless. I can be used as a bad example.)
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To: Valin

Because the publisgimg houses are not comfortable with ebooks, and want to limit the market. Sent from my Kindle BTW


151 posted on 01/07/2012 4:12:34 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Valin; thecodont

I have a feeling that a million book titles could disappear overnight if they were only on digits.


153 posted on 01/07/2012 6:16:38 PM PST by xzins (Pray for Our Troops Remaining in Afghanistan, now that Iran Can Focus on Injuring Only Them)
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