On the one hand, charging the same price (or more) for an e-book
as a hardcover seems ludicrous, but at the same time, the publishing industry has long struggled to survive, as there is little if any money in books these days.
Not exact matches
, but amazon.fr doesn't
seem to want me to, it says that the book (
hardcover) is «Currently unavailable», no pre-order
as an option.
It
seems that this week has been good to new authors,
as two debut novels will make a very exciting debut — on the New York Times» best - selling
Hardcover Fiction list.
Sadly, PW also
seems to have stopped providing
as much detail on breaking down print book sales (
hardcovers, trade paperbacks, etc.), although they did reveal that print book sales «plunged» in June, with trade paperback sales down a whopping 64 %, adult
hardcovers down 25 %, and mass - market paperbacks down 22 %.
Traditional publishers
seem to think an ebook will sell at the same price
as a
hardcover.
What the big - 6
seem to be doing
as a result is pricing ebooks in a way that attempts to protect
hardcover revenues.
He added: «It now
seems evident that the Kindle numbers will, at least, be in the same ballpark
as the
hardcover numbers.»