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.
If you wanted to see more e-book business, then e-books should be priced a few bucks below that of a paperback.
But for the most part, e-books are slightly more than a paperback in price (well, as of last year they were). Plus, you can’t give it to a friend as a gift or resell it to a used-book store.
So I don’t see the point of buying an e-book.
(now, bittorrenting ‘em... on the other hand)
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.
The most expensive eBooks I’ve found are around $14.99, with many selling at $12.99 or so. But those are new books which, when compared to hard cover prices, are quite reasonable (they aren’t yet available in paperback).
If you compare prices of books in paperback, eBook prices are favorable. I just downloaded one from B&N for $1.00. I’ve bought others for $0.99. They’re all over the Net for prices like that.
Plus, there are all sorts of sites online with free eBooks. I have close to 200 books on my computer, the vast majority of which were downloaded for free. I’ve also found books in text format online that I’ve copied into Word, saved as HTML, then converted in Calibre into an eReader format (ePub, MOBI or AZW). The possibilities are endless.