tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post7051547547780119191..comments2026-01-16T03:33:13.402-05:00Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-52185087074485764802010-03-03T18:52:32.707-05:002010-03-03T18:52:32.707-05:00I agree that you may (repeat: may) have been wrong about the $5 price point, but as <a href="http://ink-spells.blogspot.com/2010/03/nook-books.html" rel="nofollow">I blogged about yesterday</a>, I think there is some severe overestimation (still) in the e-market as to the worth of e-books. Ultimately the customer will decide the worth, once everything shakes out, which we&#39;re a long ways from. It will be interesting to watch...Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-33323224488807974872010-03-03T00:25:52.620-05:002010-03-03T00:25:52.620-05:00I love that you have the integrity to admit when you were wrong. This is something we all should strive to!PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-21567414792066356452010-03-02T13:29:47.327-05:002010-03-02T13:29:47.327-05:00I just saw this NYT article too. I think LOTS of people expect that e-books can be really cheap and don&#39;t think the profit margin with both print and e-books is as close as it is. I wonder -- will buying e-books seem more like buying a service than a product if there&#39;s no physical book?Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-79461651721347521042010-03-01T15:20:18.201-05:002010-03-01T15:20:18.201-05:00Amazing, isn&#39;t it? I also thought ebooks would be so much cheaper than a real book because it was completely electronic.Danyelle L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10366276085080565870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-83226708560303683082010-03-01T13:28:59.331-05:002010-03-01T13:28:59.331-05:00I thought I&#39;d never give up my books in the hand. I&#39;m now a Kindle lover, so... We&#39;ve all been known to eat a word or two. It&#39;s good to remember that the biggest costs with a book are not the physical things.lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-1978481054568674882010-03-01T12:16:13.492-05:002010-03-01T12:16:13.492-05:00I love my Kindle. Love. It. The thing that I don&#39;t like about my e-reader is that I can&#39;t really share the joy of my e-books like I can the hardbacks I buy. I think, once I buy the book I should be able to share it with whomever I want. I&#39;m not talking about posting it on a blog or something piratey like that, but just the ability to share it with someone else who has a Kindle or the Kindle app on their IPhone/ITouch.<br /><br />Now, on the other side of the pricing coin, if a major book retailer is able to take a $24.95 book and sell it in their store for 19.95 and then offer me a 40% off coupon, so that I&#39;m basically getting the book for 47% off the suggested retail price of $24.95 . . . well, then, why can&#39;t they just sell the book to me at 47% off? Where&#39;s the profit? Yes, it&#39;s out there somewhere, I&#39;m just not seeing it. <br /><br />I think the fact is, most things are overpriced to begin with so that stores can have sales and, probably, not lose a single dime in the process. Hmmm . . . <br /><br />So, that book I just bought for $11.97 is really valued at $11.97 because the publishers took into account that the major retailer was going to offer the book for $19.95 and then hand out a 40% coupon.<br /><br />Oh, my brain, my brain, I think it just exploded. Fair market value should exist across the board. I&#39;m just saying . . . <br /><br />SScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905515473737579937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-60657495208481997502010-03-01T12:15:01.249-05:002010-03-01T12:15:01.249-05:00What a great post! My mom was just saying yesterday that she bought a book for her Kindle, and she hates the book halfway through. She didn&#39;t pay much for it - less than a printed book, but this was a good way to see if she wanted to buy the printed book. There&#39;s still value in the book she bought for the Kindle, but now she&#39;s not going to waste even more money on a printed version. That&#39;s value right there, in my opinion. Of course, libraries can do the same thing, but there&#39;s pros and cons.<br /><br />Are you going to get that ebook you put up on your blog awhile ago? That one is cool!Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-37670857896416507182010-03-01T12:02:55.215-05:002010-03-01T12:02:55.215-05:00I think I&#39;ve always thought e-books should cost less in part because I&#39;m not someone that taken with the concept of reading books on a screen. I love my paper books, and I think of them as objects to treasure, but I realize other people don&#39;t feel this way and would actually like to read books on an e-reader. So, I&#39;m (like you) starting to come around and see that e-books actually do have some value and so should be priced accordingly.Alissahttp://alissagrosso.comnoreply@blogger.com