Of course, all of the above are involved in making the ebook, too. That means ebooks can't be priced very low; if they were, the publisher wouldn't have the money to pay for the people they employ. This problem explains why ebooks are sold at around the same price point as physical ones; but why do they sometimes cost even more? Another factor to consider is that ebooks use a different pricing model than physical books.
Physical books get sold to retailers at around half the list price. The retailer can then sell them for whatever they like. When Amazon sells books for lower than the recommended retail price, that discount is coming straight out of Amazon's profit margin. Amazon is gambling that the low price will equal more sales, which will make up the lost profit margin. However, ebooks utilize the agency model when sold. Instead of letting the retailer choose the price, the publisher states what they're selling for.
The publisher gets 70 percent of each transaction, and the retailer gets the remaining 30 percent. Unlike with physical books, Amazon has no control over the price of ebooks. If someone has performed the steps required to publish an ebook via Kindle Direct Publishing , they set the price as they please, with no exceptions.
This constraint is the reason ebooks sometimes cost more than paperbacks. They can't touch the ebook price, so that stays the same. As such, the paperback will cost less than the ebook. On top of this, ebooks are very convenient for the readers buying them. Hence, e-books are always going to be close to their physical counterparts in cost. Posts in the community may contain links to unsupported third-party websites not operated by Amazon. We are not responsible for the content or availability of non-Amazon sites.
If you do not recognize or trust the website in any post, do not click on the link. What do you need help with? Sign in to ask the community. Getting Started. View This Post. June 3, at PM. Come on, it can't cost more to write a book electronically! Image file. With the Aussie dollar good at the moment, I've made some amazing bargains!
Ralph wrote: " If the paperback and ebook are within a dollar of price, I'll usually just buy the paperback. If I'm paying roughly the same price, I might as well get a physical book for it. Convenience, favouring the ebook. Longevity, favouring the physical book. You just don't know how long your Kindle will last, or how long before Amazon orphans the AZW format.
If your kindle was to die, wouldn't your previous books just download to your next kindle? May 16, PM. Helen wrote: "AZW? If your Kindle died, your books would download from the archive to your new Kindle. But, because AZW is a proprietary OS no other device can operate it , if you decide to buy a Nook instead, your books will all be lost.
Well, unless you bought MOBIs for your Kindle from Smashwords, which gives the buyer of a book in one format free access to all other formats for life. May 19, PM. Well I never, not the first thing I said! I assumed I 'owned' my version of the e-book! Helen wrote: "Well I never, not the first thing I said! If you decide not to replace your Kindle, or replace it with someone else's hardware, your books are lost.
As Dee says, you would still be able to read them on your phone and PC. Amazon did this in order to tie you exclusively to them. In a Kindle book bought from Amazon you have fewer rights than you did in paperbacks. You can buy the same book from Smashwords and it is a DRM-free and b you automatically get free access to all the formats, so that you can read the book on multiple formats, or change devices without penalty.
I like the electronic ink of the Kindle, but to me Smashwords seems a better deal as book buyer than Amazon does. Apple and Sony didn't think it was necessary to do what Amazon did and tie customers to a single, limiting format. I didn't restrain myself to "Well I never," when I found out that books I bought from Amazon aren't portable. May 20, AM. If you decide not to replace your Kindle, or replace it with someo Ralph could you give me a link to fictionwise?
Do they have the same quantity of books that Amazon has for Kindle? Are they in a format that goes right into the Kindle without changes? Do you download by using the USB cable? I am still pretty new with the Kindle. Thank you Dee!
May 20, PM. But one point is They are still tied to your Amazon account and would be in archives ready to re-download on a compatible device, you just couldn't get them on your Nook Just wanted to make sure everyone understood they aren't just gone forever The primary reason for this is due to Amazon not being able to set the digital price anymore, the publishers are doing that.
Amazon is certainly not a fan of higher e-book prices. When the company was very publicly battling Hachette over a new contract in , they made some very critical remarks.
Why are ebooks so expensive? I have a theory that publishers are afraid that cheap ebooks will steal sales from newly-released hardcovers. Publishers count on hardcover sales to recoup a large part of their production costs.
This is why a new ebook almost costs as much as a hardcover and is normally more expensive than a paperback.
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