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Re:Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kin... by BossingAround on Friday March 17, 2023 @03:24AM (#35194280)
This was mind blowing to me. I can understand games did not become much cheaper by being electronic-only (though it did give rise to much cheaper indie games) but like 16 years ago when Kindle came out, I thought paperless books would slash the consumer prices by at least half. Turns out the publisher just increased their margins.
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Re:Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kin... by andrepd on Friday March 17, 2023 @07:12AM (#35195486)
While the author's share has not increased at all.
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Re:Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kin... by rchaud on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:31AM (#35197608)
This is where used books win, and why physical books need to exist. I will never purchase a digital file for $9.99. I have however purchased PDFs directly from the writer's website, usually for no more than $5, which is OK.
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Re:Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kin... by tbihl on Friday March 17, 2023 @11:13AM (#35198099)
>I will never purchase a digital file for $9.99.

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Re:Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kin... by TheCoelacanth on Saturday March 18, 2023 @01:11PM (#35210940)
The cost of printing a mass-market paperback is under a dollar if you're doing a large run. A hardback is a few dollars. Producing the physical book has a negligible effect on the publisher's costs.
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