Why eBooks Are More Expensive Than Paperbacks
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2024
- How you ever wondered why some eBooks are more expensive than paperbacks despite being cheaper to make?
Well it’s because eBooks are sold using a completely different pricing system.
When retailers like Barnes & Noble sell a paperback, they’re allowed to set the price. Which usually results in cheaper books since each store is competing for customers. Also, shelf space is limited. So it’s common for stores to lower prices on older books so they can make room for new releases. Either way, publishers like Simon & Schuster have no control over these price changes. And they don’t like that. Because if a store charge less, the publisher makes less. - Наука та технологія
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I was one of those, glad to be on the waiting list. 👍
pay more for a book and you can’t resell or give away to friends. A total joke.
I have the same issue with digital / cd music. You can buy a album for just a dollar or two more then digitally, how does that make any sort of sense? No wonder digitally everyone only uses subscriptions
I think there is a way you can share them with friends
That’s why I prefer physical media
@@LittleLulubeeaccount sharing but not over 5/6 people depending on the platforms. And to be able to share it’s that many people, you have to pay for the biggest account which means a lot of money monthly. And it’s just sharing. You can’t resell it.
@@Born2BeWildOfficialNo. He's right. E-books piracy is at an all time high because of overpriced ebooks. Grow up kid
The Kindle books that I've purchased have all been cheaper than paperbacks. Guess this only applies to the Apple bookstore
Apple Bookstore is a bit expensive so this applies to the apple bookstore
lol i just pirate nd upload the epub form to books app in ipad.
This kinda depends on the book. I have seen paperback books with discounts and half the price than the Kindle version.
You are taking discounts into the equation. Kindle books also go on sale occasionally, just not as often due to the reasons stated on the video. Generally I find Kindle books or even Play store books cheaper than paperbacks. @@guilhermemartinez7572
Apple charges 30% fee to vendors
In France and many other developed countries of the world, the prices of paper books are normalized to help independent book shops.
Yes, here in Germany as well 👍 A very good thing!
I can clearly see how developed France is by just going to some places 😂but anyway, that's not how free market works, but looking at French political-economical system I can't say I am surprised
America has an RRP, but they dont have to sell it at that cost, they can charge more if demand is high or charge less if demand is low. are you saying in France they dont discount things if it doesnt sell?
@@Millylerks I was curious about the specifics so I looked it up. In the first 9 months of publication no discounts are allowed and the book has the same price everywhere in france. After that some discounts are allowed depending on how long ago the pook was published (for example a book less then a year old can't have more than 20% off).
@@macieja92 maybe visit a French hospital or university which all people can visit without going bankrupt or get shot and you see how developed they are.
I wish they would have followed the Blu-ray model: buy the physical product and get a download code for the digital version!
I collect manga and I would love a download code for a digital copy, considering the paper quality is usually little better than newsprint and these books won’t last forever no matter how well you take care of them.
If the books have to be sealed to protect the code though, that would worsen the experience as I like to flip through the book before buying it. Lots of people would probably open the wrapping to steal the code as well, so even though I like the idea In theory, I have no idea how it should actually be implemented in a way that benefits the customer. Maybe a code on the receipt that you enter on a website or something?
unfortunately even the br's are not like this anymore, at least in Europe. Do you still get a redeem code in the USA?
How exactly would that work? Books aren't sealed like movie cases are. A person would be able to go into the store and steal the codes.
@@DavidKen878 maybe like @intrepid1160 suggested, a code you get with your receipt.
It would be very easy for book stores (at least the larger ones) to include a download code on the receipt, emailed to the customer, or, if the book store has one, automatically add the ebook to the customers account with their ebook service.
In France it's totally different : we have, to support bookstores and web platform, the unique price of the book. The publisher define a unique price, that will be printed on the book, and all the stores of France have to sell at this price. And I buy my eBook with Amazon Kindle, and I've never seen a price upper than the material book price.
W for France
@@keithframe3489 W ?
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@@requindr Oh thank's 😊
The word there would be “higher” not “upper” 😊
In Germany there is something called "Buchpreisbindung" (fixed book price) that allows publishers to determine the price of a book at which it is to be sold to the public. That means german books have the exact same price no matter who sells them. The idea behind it is to protect smaller independent bookstores and to guarantee a certain standard for books (by protecting literature from the market since it's only driven by money). And when you look at the US and see how Amazon is slowly killing local bookstores you start to think that there might be a point to this system...
It's the same with retailing everywhere.
In Mexico doesn't exist such law but big publishers have a "fixed" minimum pricetag which every bookstore follows for some months. After some months the bookstores are free to break the prices, the time varies depending of the expected sales.
If a small bookstore goes funky with the price the publisher just won't deliver their next big title
I'm sure is the same way in USA, if a shitty autobiography isn't selling in the first month, why not trim the price???
In Spain i think they have the same european bourocratic nonesense tho, some new titles are earlier available in Spain and we have to wait like 6 or 9 months because Mexico or Argentina can break the pricetags in Spain.
Does that apply to secondhand books/ used bookstores too?
@@gabbyparr6099 No, it only applies to normal retailers and online stores.
kind of MRP with india has , its called maximum retail price, its the price decided by the company who makes the product and the product cannot me sold higher than MRP which includes taxes
Just in the first minute of this video, a lot is wrong. Book stores buy copies of physical books at a discounted rate of about 40% - 60%. So if the MSRP for a book is $20, a publisher like Simon & Schuster will sell to a store like Barnes & Noble for let’s say $12 (40%), though it may have cost Simon & Schuster no more than $4 to print that book. It’s fine though because book stores buy in bulk and a discount of that size is fair. Anyway, now it’s only Barnes & Noble’s responsibility to make profit for their business. Simon & Schuster already got their money when Barnes & Noble bought in bulk. If there’s more demand for a book, then Barnes & Noble will keep ordering copies of that book and the publisher as well as the store will keep profiting. Also, stores are usually not allowed to sell above the MSRP (manufacturer suggested retail price), so if it’s $20, Barnes & Noble can’t sell the book for more than that.
Publishers charge more for digital copies compared to physical copies for 3 reasons: 1. Accessibility - the book can be accessed of various devices, even more so if the DRM protection for the book is cracked. 2. To protect physical copy sales - something that the music industry couldn’t do and the publishing industry doesn’t want to suffer the same fate. 3. To not piss off brick and mortar stores - if publishers sell digital books less or even at the same price, that would upset physical retailers.
This isn’t just how it operates with book publishing, but also video game publishing. Basically, publishers get their money in advance and like to control prices while not upsetting their retail partners.
Exactly. This video makes it seem like Apple took part in this scheme by themselves.
I like the idea of books for as there are many options of books to select, and as new books releases I can easily read them. However, the pricing is what concerns me as it does cost more than the actual price of the book years ago
Seems a little odd, I use the kindle app on my iPad and get my books dirt cheap on amazon compared to the paper backs.
The same - in fact I was surprised by this video since it's very rare that the paper book is cheaper than the Kindle version.
Oposite for every book I've looked at in the uk
@@jayd8743 Maybe it's different there but I'm from Iceland and can only buy Kindle in the US store.
same- i’m confused…
Same. Here an ebook is usually $2,90 and a paperback is $14,90
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As a kindle user, i found ebooks to be much cheaper than the paperback. Interesting video!
In Germany (and many more European countries), we have fixed prices for books. Helps a lot.
It helps making sure people will just buy from Amazon, I had a 4 euro price difference the other day between buying a paperback at a store or getting it delivered to my door. This is specially worse if you want books in english since a lot of physical stores don't even have more than a laughable range of books in english.
I buy mostly books on Kindle and most of the time they are cheaper than the paper version.
Agree
you can't buy a book on your kindle, you pay for it, but you don't buy it. In the terms of conditions of amazon it's even written, that you don't own the digital copy of the book, you only buy the right to use it. If amazon takes it offline and your kindle is in the wi-fi and updates - your book could've be gone even if you paid for it
But more and more often they are not much cheaper. Sometimes there are just a couple of Euros of difference, which IMHO don't compensate the fact of not having a physical object (that you can lend or re-sell as you wish)
I never ONCE thought about this at all because unlike some weirdos out there, I don't buy ebooks from Apple Books. I buy them from Amazon Kindle and for the majority of the time, they've been CHEAPER than paperback! So this video's more unnecessary than others when it comes to such a topic.
Not in my experience. iBooks and Kindle ebooks have been price matched for some time. I find it easier to find book sale prices in the genres I read from the iBooks Store, then I jump over to Amazon store to buy it in kindle format, and perhaps the audible as well.
Not ‘unnecessary’ just an incomplete comparison of buying options.
Are you saying buying from Apple makes one a weirdo?
If a consumer is at the losing end, it almost always has to involve Apple.
Be it wireless earphones to not including chargers in the box.
Apple shows other companies, that a company can do shitty things and then easily get away with it.
Other companies follow the same, only at the expense of an average consumer.
It was actually the book publishers who came up with the plan to raise prices, Apple just helped them put it in motion.
Also, why would they not get away with putting charges in the box? It's their products. They can include whatever they want. 😂
@@DavidKen878 Today I encountered another Apple sheep!
@@YawningMoon Did you seriously call me a sheep for stating facts? 😂 If I'm a sheep, then what does that make you? For people who hate Apple, you all sure do spend a lot of time in this comment section complaining. 🤷🏽♂️
@@DavidKen878 I am sorry. I wasn't technical enough.
1. Amazon didn't want to raise prices and wanted to make the market competitive. Apple of course wouldn't take a single step in a direction which won't make them a quick buck. Hence, they provided a platform to publishers so that they can raise prices, and Apple can end Amazon's monopoly and earn commission without having to compete. They had to pay a penalty but the shitty pricing model continues till date.
Such publishers didn't fight the full legal battle and backed off. Apple continued to assert they didn't do anything wrong. But eventually they were declared wrong by the justice system. Please do read the 2013 article from The Guardian reg the same.
2. Apple did away with chargers and are selling them separately just to make more money. They were the first major company to introduce this. I know its their business strategy and they can do whatever they want. But no company other than Apple has the audacity to make such a move. Apple decides the way consumer market moves forward. Whatever they do will eventually get copied by companies like Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo. Eventually Samsung copied the same next year onwards.
Please don't tell me you buy the environment-friendly argument of Apple. Eventually,
3. Insanely high prices for RAM and Storage upgrades in iPhones, iPads and Macs. They showed other companies, people are foolish enough and will still be a loyal customer regardless of charging 300% more for the same thing.
4. The MFi program. They certainly didn't inspire other companies with this, but they stuck to lightning port to earn as much as possible until EU forced them to adopt USB C. Well, the end user ends up paying upto 25% more just because Apple charges money for certification of flash drives, cables and other lightning accessories.
I hope I was technical enough in putting forward my argument which is not solely based on feelings but rather rests upon concrete facts 🙂
The best example is how hard Apple pushed planned obsolescence by making it nearly impossible to fix the device yourself. Now nearly every device is glued shut and you have to go to a technician to get a battery replaced instead of popping the back off yourself and putting a new one in. Absolute joke.
jokes on them since i have never paid for an ebook in my life. The internet is truly a wonderful place
Why would the joke be on them?
In many countries the author / publisher sets the price, so this isn’t universal. In most of them ebooks are the same price or slightly cheaper
„If the store charges less the publisher makes less“ - this is completely wrong. Stores buy things in bulk for 20-30% under MSRP from the producer - in this case publisher, and the difference between the price they are paying and MSRP is their profit. If they put something on sale they just decrease their profit but in most of the cases they don’t sell stuff under the price they buy it from the producer / publisher. And even if, they bought it from the producer/ publisher for a fixed price, it’s the shops loss and not of the producer / publisher.
Great work! The best Apple related channel...
I think college was the last time I paid for a book, since then everything a read is an ebook and the internet is full of wonders with unlimited possibilities
What about rental text books for college students. Is it cheaper for a physical copy or what?
The Agency model it's pretty common in most of the world, since it's a way to avoid small bookstores from being displaced by the big retailers: since the price is the same everywhere, small bookstores can compete having better recommendations, being more local, better librarians, a more niche catalogue, etc. If the retailer could set the price, the bigger ones can sell way cheaper and eat the difference so as to bring all the costumers to them, until the smaller bookstores perishes. THEN the retailers can up the price any ampunt they want. And this is exactly what is happening with Amazon, actually.
I don’t care, anything digital should be cheaper than physical, books and video games, they are saving money in physical material and shipping
The problem with ebooks on Apple and Kindle are that you don’t own them, you are paying to rent them. They can be taken away electronically in an instant. A paper book is yours to do with what you want.
only if you stay online. i download to an older tablet then turn off the internet.
Apple Books is lacking so many books while being imo the superior ebook reader it’s ridiculous.
Kindle is better because of e-ink
@@davidkaplan5517 Kindle is also an app tho
Apple doesn’t make an ebook reader??
@@272attwell No
My favorite book is diary of a wimpy kid, does the book have an e-book/iBook version, and how much it is?
On Kindle I usually get very cheap ebooks that are hard or impossible to find on paperback where I live.
Interesting we want to charge more so customers can pay more. This is exactly why I stopped buying ebooks. Plus I’ll never lose them, if Apple loses the license to sell the book. This has happened once or twice with music I’ve bought. And this has recently happened with a Sony PlayStation with movies. Just tired of. Companies feeling like it’s okay to rip us off. Stop buying from people who reserve the right to remove your “purchases” in their fine print.
Apple doesn't have licenses to the books. Publishers themselves sell them through Apple. If a book disappears, it's not because Apple "lost" the license to sell it, it's because the publisher removed it. It's like that with all digital distributors. If a publisher decides to pull something from being sold, the distributor has to comply. How is that ripping you off?
Because I paid for it... DUH. And as for your argument that's effectively the same thing as loosing the license. In any case I choose not to buy from online sources anymore. I prefer to hold the books movies etc in hand. Potential problem solved. @@DavidKen878
@@DavidKen878 because they take the money and takes away the very thing that you brought from them along with it. How is that not obvious?
In Germany we have a wonderful system called "Buchpreisbindung", which means that a book costs all over the country in every shop the same price to protect small book shops and make all books broadly available
Based on my experience, you have things backwards - I’ve been purchasing ebooks for over 5 years now, and so far I’ve yet to see one that’s more expensive than a paperback.
Wow... who would've though that brick & mortar style retail is actually keeping the prices down/more reasonable!
I feel like I’ve never seen a book on sale aside from a featured book or selection on a modest sale table. Every time I make the rounds at Barnes and noble the same books are in the same sections.
It sucks now cause the main reason why I got a Kindle was for cheaper books.
I found the same book in store for 3 dollars that was on Kindle for $12 ugh
There are many websites you can download for free though
@@AndreVictorGoncalves yeah you're right 😔
I use Libby and rent it at my library digitally
Remember, guys: If you purchase a digital good, and don't have ownership over it, then piracy is not theft.
This is specially true when purchasing stuff with DRM. You don't have the thing, you only have the (revokable) right to use the thing in the specific setting the seller allows you.
You are right, and this should be also reflected in a difference in price... If you don't actually "buy" an ebook (and can't re-sell it or lend it, or whatever) it should have a *much lower* price than the printed version (especially as there are no paper, printing process, transport, ecc. involved)... But more and more often I see eBooks that have practically the same price of the paperback, the difference is so small that doesn't compensate for the limits of eBook. When it happens, I buy the paperback..
@@rossiele Unfortunally, I can't link to the specific websites that will tell you how to pirate books, but if you search for "ebook irc", you'll find a very descriptive post on a website that rimes with "read it".
Btw, I would advise using a vpn, as in some countries, you could pay a fine for piracy.
I usually buy ebooks that cost from 1e to 3e much cheaper than physical books, plus others free on various offers, I saved so much since buying a kindle
In Germany thats a total different Story. We have a law called „Buchpreisbindung“ („Fixed book price law“). This means that the publisher sets the price and every store (online or local) must follow. Which means the book costs the same on Amazon, big bookstore chains, or some little family old bookstore. I personally like this law since I don’t have to spend time trying to find the best deal, since it’s the same price everywhere anyways.
That’s why in Germany ebooks tend to be a little cheaper than physical ones. For example paperback costs 12€, ebook 9€ However It often takes way longer for an ebook to release over the physical one. Like often ebooks only get released 2 years after their original physical release.
Personally I prefer „normal“ books. I am not a big fan of ebooks
While the apple ebooks might be priced higher than a physical book, this difference is swapped when you consider overseas shipping. I live in a country with very understocked bookstores, where the range is usually limited to popular best-selling titles. Buying physical books here is a very expensive hobby, so it’s definitely more cost-effective to go digital. Plus, I usually buy kindle books, so I save even more.
In my simplistic mind, when it comes to digital prices being higher normally, I just think, I’m too lazy to go to the store and buy a book, movie, or video game. And if I actually make the effort to go buy it, I have to make the effort to get up from couch, and physically grab the book, video game, or movie. And maybe have to look for it if I misplaced it. And in the case of the movie or video game, make sure the console or blu ray is plugged in cuz I only have 4 HDMIs. So yeah, they can price the digital options higher than the physical media cuz of my laziness and convenience. The way I see it now, physical media and physical books are more just for aesthetics and decor, and actually use the digital media instead. My 4K Blu-ray’s and steelbooks and books look beautiful in my shelves, never touch them though, just use the digital versions for them both. And physical video games really are just a straight inconvenience now.
Me, downloading pdfs and uploading in my Kindle: "You have no power here!"
That's why I pirate everything. They made that $450m back within days and never had to change a thing
Yes, pirate Movies, TV Shows, Music, Books, Video Games, Software. If something is good enough to be worth watching, it will be worth the several months' wait to watch it on your favorite Local Media Server with every aspect of it controlled. We don't even need to give the time to useless crap, you know something is bad if no one wants to pirate it. Your personal server has only the content you care about watching, or if you are a data hoarder, it might just have everything and more :)
And they wonder why I download ePUB / PDF versions.
All digital stores sell ebooks in EPUB format. That's literally the standard now.
@@DavidKen878 I meant cracked ones.
Honestly I don't really see this much with books, maybe cause I tend to buy books on Amazon, but you know where I do see this happen, is in video game sales. So often I can go on a digital store three years in and a game will still be 60 dollars, but I can go online or into a shop and get the same game, physically, for sometimes half that price.
Amazon still discounts their Kindle eBooks
A law is a law... but if you pay $450M, you can do what you want. 😂
I was literally looking at a book i wanted last night on Apple Books
Physical media = ownership.
Digital media = license that could be revoked at any time.
What are your sources on this video?
Y’all aren’t using Libby???
It’s all a racket screw e books. I always preferred the feeling of a physical book anyways.
Here in Mexico is the opposite
What about those websites where you can read novels online? Those books are free. Just read those.
Only if they aren't available, then look for alternatives. Unless you're buying for a physical copy of the book, which, I guess some people do like to collect books.
I don't know what you're on about, I can't think of a case where an actual book is cheaper than its e-book version here in Italy
European countries have a ton more regulation and protections. America allows businesses to get away with petty things like this.
Compare American GDP to any other country and it makes sense the heavy focus on America.
@@justacollegestudent5147 what does any of that have to do with my comment about e-books being cheaper than actual books in Italy?
Pirating: “lemme introduce myself”
I only use ebooks to read samples before buying a physical copy.
So, did Apple just pay the regulators to look the other way? Nicely done, not sketchy at all.
I don’t understand this but in my country, Peru, paperback is more expensive than ebooks. I bought an entire collection for just $15 but the same collection in paperback is more than $50
damn bro, here in Brazil ebooks are always cheaper than books, since the price of a Kindle here is way too expensive. Also our books here are of much better quality than the US
Are they
Wow. im surprised u dont normalize prices. In Germany and most developed Countries they are.
There are some other rules bout it.
Stores cannot reduce those prices or makes aktions on them
0:04 Keyword “Some” people think all of them but chill it’s only “Some” books
Same goes with physical games (and every other media), that's why it's so important to force publishers to keep physical media by just BUYING them. What is most important to not let them put in your head that they discontinue selling physical media because of ENVIROMENT PROTECTION XDDD they do it only to kill retail and second hand market. If you can have something in your hand, it belongs to you and always will and the best is if you can't afford a new movie, game or book, you can always buy something second hand cheaper 🙂 It's not only about media market, same goes with electric garbage, forcing people to change their cars and buy new ones etc. They don't give a f..k about any enviroment, they only care about money they can make on dumb (ideologized) people
Careful about physical media though, I've seen game companies selling discs which are only some sort of passcode to allow them to download the game from the console's store, an absolute joke of a system.
We can't force publishers to do anything. You're delusional if you think buying something is going to prevent it from being discontinued. Also, who's forcing people to buy new cars? You went completely left with this rant.
@@DavidKen878 "who's forcing people to buy new cars? You went completely left with this rant." seems like you are up to date with legislation around the world 😂
@@MrBelles104 yeah, like these days "collectors editions" of PS5 studio games, where they give you BD box but without disc but rather code 😂
@@macieja92 Of course I'm not. The only country's legislation I'm concerned with is the one I'm a citizen of. What does that have to do with video games?
"there was one group of people that didnt benefit from this change: the customers"
as always
That's fucking wild. "You did something illegal, pay a fine. You can continue doing it but still you pay fine."
The real question is: why would anybody buy the digital copy if the physical copy is cheaper?
(However, since digital books are available immediately and don't take up space in your physical bookshelf may be some customers would actually pay more for the digital copy than for the physical copy - simply because it is more convenient) (also some customers may be unaware that the physical copy of this particular book is cheaper so they buy digital anyway)
I’ve never seen E-books being cheaper than printed books in my 21 years on this earth
Thats why I sail the high seas
I have an idea. 😂
Borrow a book from library > Scan it to ebook > Return it. You get ebooks for free. (Only pay for library membership.)
So my question is why do ebooks disappear from Apple Books, but I can still access them? If there’s unlimited space why would they do that? The same publisher has other books. I’m glad Apple isn’t like Sony removing my purchased library, but still find it odd
Licensing expiring
They are not going to delete anything, that's ilegal
@ it should be, but Sony recently did it in their store.
@@staringcorgi6475 I figured, just hoping it doesn’t change like what happened with Sony
@@pqskIt’s not illegal with Sony. Sony said in Page 23 of their EULA that their definition of “purchase” means owning the license to temporarily access that content for as long as it’s available, not that you own it. If you paid for that content you had to sign and agree to that EULA
It’s shitty obviously but what they did isn’t illegal. Apple meanwhile has no such clause in their EULA so it’d be illegal to take away your books or apps once they’re delisted.
It's so easy to live as a bookworm in Eastern Europe... Since we don't care about copyright law, everyone downloads all books (in pdf, fb2, epub, it doesn't matter at all) absolutely for free and no one cares🫠Printed books here are also several times cheaper, because the majority of the population only read the ABC-book and Turgenev’s “Mumu” at school. It's sad that most people read so little, but this leaves more space for people who are actually interested on the other side🍻
apple explained posts videos i never even wondered
I’ve never seen a ebook cost more than a paperback in my life….? I just bought a bunch too
Wait, you pay for ebooks?
PDF’s are free
So funny they increased prices to get more profits, to then lost them in the lawsuit.
In Mexico it's still cheaper than physical ones
I am going to believe what you have to say and not debate any of the distortions caused by external intervention and further assume Apple as the sole supplier of e-books. The answer to the question at hand is that e-books are more expensive because they produce a greater value. They would otherwise not sell and a compromise on revenue would be made, hurting both publishers and retailers. If I can buy the paperback for $6 less yet choose to buy the e-book, it was obviously not without reason. Assuming I did not know it was $6 less, I still chose to buy it for the listed price $6 more because it of a greater value-preposition to me than the money I gave up. If I want a particular book and it is too expensive, I will look for substitutes; pirate it, go to the library, buy it on the secondary market, buy some other book/attend some lecture, read summaries and discussions on the book, buy a movie ticket or treat myself to a good meal. Once again, this hurts both publishers and retailers.
That's why I don't even shop for ebooks any more. I read a lot, but haven't bought an ebook in two years.
Never paid for an ebook in my life 😅😂
That's why I buy physical books and download ebooks for free and let them charge whatever they want.
When you lost a case and still freely abuse that lost case
450 mil setback a joke of a lawsuit
I like how the us was like "you are violating our law. You can continue to do so"
I have problem reading E book. Still stick to paper book
TLDR…someone has to read it record it and master it. It’s more work on top of the printing the book
In Portugal ebooks are way cheaper than paperback.
Same thing now with video games
TL:DL
Buying Ebooks are exactly like buying digital copies of videogames
Watching this when u just download books from z library 😂😂
It’s called price rigging and it’s a crime
Yeah, they should charge a fair price. 10-20% profit is enough to sustain a livelihood. Maybe even 5% and the government takes care of the poor and what not. There is this thing called MMT as well, just corruption everywhere- they don’t want us wealthy, monopolising it all for themselves!!!!
I've never seen ebooks more expensive than paperbacks?
The joke's on them as far as I'm concerned. I just buy whatever form is the cheapest, end of story. (Though, for me, that IS frequently the digital version. I like classics and they're generally quite inexpensive or even free because they're in the public domain.)
Ebooks are more expensive because they're priced differently - thanks, internet.
Lucky for me, I usually get 100% off ebooks!
So you pay more for an inferior product?
What an absolutely broken system where you can get fined an amount of money (450M here) that is almost certainly less than you made from breaking the law and then are allowed to continue breaking the law. Great stuff.
Hi
It's interesting how Apple just paid the fine, like it's a speeding ticket, and continued doing business as before. It's more profitable for them to just keep the prices up and occasionally pay the fine than lower the prices.
They maybe should be unhappy about it because I never buy ebooks since they’re more expensive and I don’t physically get anything