nikf.org: In Which I Make No Apologies for Calling Bullshit on Ridiculous eBook Pricing

nikf:

Ever since the launch of the eBook reader, the publishing industry has been scrambling to understand the move to digital media. Unlike the music and movie industries, who’ve constantly embraced (however begrudgingly) new technologies, the publishing industry hasn’t had the constant push of new…

Couldn’t agree more.

I’m a huge fan of iBooks, Kindle etc. but seriously considering whether it’s worth bothering with at all when many paperback versions are nearly half price.

It sure feels like the publishers want to deter sales of digital books.
But they wouldn’t really want to do that now ~ would they?

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    his caveat. Yay me, internet spider.
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  8. davymacs reblogged this from nikf and added:
    Couldn’t agree more....etc. but seriously considering whether it’s worth bothering
  9. aayush reblogged this from nikf and added:
    Nik Fletcher clearly agrees
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    with him. I simply cannot fathom how any ebook costs...dead-tree counterpart. Unlike
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