Here’s a story at Bookseller.com describing how Transworld, (…there’s a warm and cuddly name for you…) the publisher of Dan Brown’s new book The Lost Symbol,  will release hardback and eBook editions simultaneously on September 15th both priced at $29.95. That while Amazon offers a $9.99 Kindle edition.
Come on! $29.95 for an eBook, when most people think $9.99 is too much? On top of that other retailers will be free to discount their copies, which will further muddy the waters.
It would be easy to be snide, but it’s early in the eBook Revolution. There are bound to be confusing moments like this that consumer backlash is bound to straighten out. Let’s hope the high prices do not promote too much piracy and file sharing.
STOP PROMOTING PIRACY. SELL CONTENT PRICED AS CONTENT!
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