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Re:E-books at local libraries: a fight between publishers an... by avar on Monday September 16, 2019 @09:52AM (#20983985)
I'm not claiming they're equal, I'm pointing out that the GP's "since I'm getting so much less, why should I pay the same price" point is subjective, and not a statement of fact.

Sure, some people prefer hardcopies, good for them. But claiming that e-books being priced similarly is some market failure is taking it too far, for some of us it seems perfectly reasonable. If e-books were priced higher (even as much as 50% more) I'd still buy them over physical copies.

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Re:E-books at local libraries: a fight between publishers an... by fragmede on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:50AM (#20985278)
The "market" has decided that Amazon deserves a near-total monopoly on the e-book reader market, which allows them to unfairly pressure publishers who have no realistic alternative if they actually want online sales. (Publishers are not a fan of Kindle unlimited.) Just recently Amazon released a book ahead of embargo and they will face zero repercussion for doing so.

A market that had more than one way to "publish" books online would be a different ballgame than the one we're playing now

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Re:E-books at local libraries: a fight between publishers an... by JetSpiegel on Monday September 16, 2019 @07:15PM (#20989502)
> Amazon released a book ahead of embargo and they will face zero repercussion for doing so.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49592021

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Re:E-books at local libraries: a fight between publishers an... by potta_coffee on Monday September 16, 2019 @12:43PM (#20985915)
It may be subjective but if a big enough market segment has the same subjective opinion, then it becomes "reality".
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