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WannaBeAMom11
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am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
There is no reason that ebooks should be the same price as printed books. I understand some charge but I would think they would be cheaper bc there are no printing costs involved.
Is it just me?
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Posted 3/7/12 5:20 PM  |
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Irishlass
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Lisa
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
Yes it bugs me! I don't think I have bought an ebook unless its cheap.
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| Posted 3/7/12 6:22 PM |
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AngnShaun
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
it doesnt bother me... id be buying it either way...
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| Posted 3/7/12 8:04 PM |
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OffWithHerHead23
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Meaghan
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
Bothers me a lot!! Lately I've been getting my ebooks by slightly nefarious means. Don't judge 
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| Posted 3/7/12 8:23 PM |
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Jacksmommy
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Liz
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
I agree.
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| Posted 3/7/12 9:10 PM |
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Jacksmommy
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Liz
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
Posted by OffWithHerHead23
Bothers me a lot!! Lately I've been getting my ebooks by slightly nefarious means. Don't judge
I would love to know lol
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| Posted 3/7/12 9:11 PM |
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mamabear
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
It doesn't really bother me. Well, spending money at all bothers me, so in that sense it does, but I get it. The way I look at it, a lot of work goes into writing a book. It's often a year long project. Lots of writing, editing, etc. I don't think it's unreasonable to charge $8-$12 for an e-copy, which is what I find most books are. a little more for more popular authors, or newer releases. it seems reasonable in the grand scheme of things. now- this is coming from someone who longs to be a novelist one day--it's always been my dream. so maybe i am biased 
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| Posted 3/8/12 9:48 AM |
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jilliibabii
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
Posted by Jacksmommy
Posted by OffWithHerHead23
Bothers me a lot!! Lately I've been getting my ebooks by slightly nefarious means. Don't judge
I would love to know lol
Ditto!!!
I've definitely been only buying cheapie e-books, unless it's something I really want to read. I don't think there's any situation ever where an e-book should cost more than $9.99, especially after reading all about Amanda Hocking and how EASY it is to self publish an e-book. You're not paying as many pipers with e-books as you are with printed books, so I don't get why the price is so high, even going through a publisher.
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| Posted 3/8/12 12:22 PM |
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OffWithHerHead23
Keep passing the open windows
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
Posted by jilliibabii
Posted by Jacksmommy
Posted by OffWithHerHead23
Bothers me a lot!! Lately I've been getting my ebooks by slightly nefarious means. Don't judge
I would love to know lol
Ditto!!!
I've definitely been only buying cheapie e-books, unless it's something I really want to read. I don't think there's any situation ever where an e-book should cost more than $9.99, especially after reading all about Amanda Hocking and how EASY it is to self publish an e-book. You're not paying as many pipers with e-books as you are with printed books, so I don't get why the price is so high, even going through a publisher.
I've been using www.epubbud.com
Some of the books I've downloaded from there have been a little oddly formatted, but others have been totally ok.
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| Posted 3/8/12 2:14 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
I think the justification is that instead of printing costs, shipping, and storage costs, we're paying for the electronic infrastructure cost. Servers, network connections, etc.
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| Posted 3/8/12 2:41 PM |
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jilliibabii
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
Posted by GoldenRod
I think the justification is that instead of printing costs, shipping, and storage costs, we're paying for the electronic infrastructure cost. Servers, network connections, etc.
I thought we paid for that when we paid for the e-reader!
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| Posted 3/8/12 4:16 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
Posted by jilliibabii
Posted by GoldenRod
I think the justification is that instead of printing costs, shipping, and storage costs, we're paying for the electronic infrastructure cost. Servers, network connections, etc.
I thought we paid for that when we paid for the e-reader!
Amazon sells their Kindle Fire at a loss....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/kindle-fire-price_n_1101847.html
NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire tablet, which started shipping this week, costs $201.70 to make, a research firm said Friday. That's $2.70 more than Amazon charges for it.
The analysis by IHS indicates that Amazon is, at least initially, selling the tablet at a loss that it hopes to cover through sales of books and movies for the device. The manufacturing cost of a new gadget usually comes down over time as chips become cheaper.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told The Associated Press in September that the company's goal was to make a small profit from the hardware, but as a retail company, Amazon was willing to live with a smaller margin than most electronics companies would.
"We want the hardware device to be profitable and the content to be profitable. We really don't want to subsidize one with the other," Bezos said.
IHS's estimate includes the cost of components and assembly, but not the costs of development, marketing or packaging. The most expensive part of the Kindle Fire is the 7-inch color touch screen, which costs $87.
Amazon kept the cost of the tablet low compared to Apple Inc.'s iPad and similar tablets by making it smaller – the screen is half the size of that for the iPad – keeping the amount of memory low and excluding a camera and microphone.
But the difference in manufacturing cost is much smaller than the difference in retail price: IHS puts the cost of the basic iPad 2 model at just under $300, while Apple sells it for $499.
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jilliibabii
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Jillian
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Re: am I the only person bothered by the prices of ebooks?
I don't have a Kindle, but a Nook, but they certainly aren't making up the loss on the books I buy!
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| Posted 3/9/12 9:16 AM |
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