“I suspect the high prices of e-books are deliberate. Publishers are afraid that they cannibalize sales of paper books if e-books became ready for mainstream. So they are going to keep their artificially inflated prices, and I am afraid adding supply, as Bill McCoy suggested, won’t make a difference here.” – Alex at MobileRead, commenting on Bill McCoy’s post on book pricing.
Possible example: Cell, the Stephen King novel, costs $9.99 (excluding shipping) as a paperback at Amazon and $9.74 in e-book form. And actually the $9.74 is a bargain compared to many e-books.
Related: Slasher story for publishers: The Tor lady’s right about costs–but here’s how to cut expenses and boost profits from both e- and p-books, my earlier thoughts.
