Personally, I think the whole pricing structure for e-books needs a good hard look, because after a certain point the production process--and costs--are VERY different than they are for physical books, and that needs to be taken into account.
I agree with that for books that have reached the paperback point in their life. I can't argue with a premium on brand new books. Part of the point of a hardcover release is that you keep the price high for a while. When I was more broke, I always waited until something I wanted to read came out in paperback. So yah... go ahead and offer brand new books at a premium rate for people's impatience.
But when you're to the paperback point, let's be honest here, you don't even need to reformat the book to fit the new size.
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Date: 2010-02-01 11:08 pm (UTC)I agree with that for books that have reached the paperback point in their life. I can't argue with a premium on brand new books. Part of the point of a hardcover release is that you keep the price high for a while. When I was more broke, I always waited until something I wanted to read came out in paperback. So yah... go ahead and offer brand new books at a premium rate for people's impatience.
But when you're to the paperback point, let's be honest here, you don't even need to reformat the book to fit the new size.