A pledge by Vellum Publishing Inc. to keep their eBook prices affordable highlights a shameful business over at Amazon as it puts the screws to the Kindle 2 first adopters. Prices that used to cap out at $9.99 for new releases have magically crept up to $16.00. Read the full story here. I can’t believe they’re going to get greedy now, especially as other eBook Readers are starting to crowd the market. There’s no place for Amazon’s Information Highway Robbery.
It can only be arrogance born of past success. Reminds me of the eBay mindset, yah? They used to print their own money too…
I love it because the BIG GUYS are going to force the developing eBook marketplace to re-think signing on with any MAJOR reseller that forces eBook prices up to ridiculous heights. (Digital file right…? No printing, shipping, storing costs…no justification for prices equivalent to paperbacks.) Why do that when you can sell directly to readers or search out new (smarter) resellers that have read the iTunes Tea Leaves and understand that the net’s all about VOLUME.
