I am the new owner of an iPhone and am searching for ebooks to read on it. But I am repeatedly coming across current newly published books where the ebook is significantly MORE EXPENSIVE than the paperback version !

What on earth is going on ? I am a capitalist and a commercial director of a hitec business.

I see parallels with the ‘head in the sand’ music industry. A blind effort to screw as much money out of the reader before the inevitable explosion of e-reading and the parallel explosion of hackers who will start distributing these books free on torrent sites happens.

And to be honest I am so incensed at the appalling prices being charged that I am now going to follow this route to torrent sites.

I don’t mind one bit paying a FAIR price. But I am not a complete fool and willing to pay 20 quid for a book that is available on the high street for 10 quid.

Most ebooks of leading writers should in my view be priced at approx 5 to 7 dollars, with recent publishings of best sellers at 10 dollars. That is my absolutely upper limit and I believe it is MORE than fair considering there is NO PRINTING, NO DISTRIBUTING ! and very limited web based distribution. Only marketing remains and that is quite small.
Non best sellers should be prices at approx. 3-5 dollars.

Howard
Ireland