It's true that new books released
in hardcover usually cost less in e-book format than bound copies do.
Not exact matches
Two months before the book's Oct. 24 release date, PublicAffairs had «racked up the kinds of pre-orders
in hardcover, e-book and downloadable audio that Hachette
usually sees for anticipated franchise fiction releases, not serious history titles.»
An average paperback is
usually priced
in the range of $ 4 — 7, while a
hardcover is around $ 11, as opposed to # 14 ($ 23)
in the UK.
It has the ISBN prefix of a St. Martin's Press book, although St. Martin's
hardcover prices
usually end
in».99.»
The books that are more popular I
usually do through CS,
hardcovers through Lulu on non-fiction, and none on the ebooks unless I'm putting them
in the iStore.
Under the wholesale pricing model that had been
in effect for ebooks for over two years, the suggested list price for a new release Kindle book was
usually the same as the suggested list price for a
hardcover.
While e-book sales have been leveling off as they absorbed the replacement audience for mass market paperbacks — because e-book prices are cheap
in mass market territory — the sector of e-books that have been selling the best are the first - run new bestsellers — the ones with the highest e-book prices initially (although those prices come down over time, just like a paperback edition and the e-book prices are lower than
hardcover and trade paper
usually.)
I refuse to pay $ 15 for an ebook or a paperbook, $ 40 for a
hardcover, that I
usually end up reading
in a single afternoon, then donating to the library or getting $ 0.50 for it at a garage sale.
I stopped buying
hardcover books (with a few exceptions) when I realized what a pain they were for reading the way I
usually read — on my commute,
in the park,
in the waiting room, on the plane, etc..
Our older agreements often give the exclusive right to «publish
in book form» or «
in any and all editions»... Such grants are
usually not limited to any specific format, and indeed the «form» of the book has evolved over the years to include variations of
hardcover, paperback, and other written formats, all of which have been understood to be included
in the grant of book publishing rights... Whether physical or digital, the product is used and experienced
in the same manner, serves the same function, and satisfies the same fundamental urge... Accordingly, Random House considers contracts that grant exclusive rights to publish «
in book form» or «
in any and all editions» to include the exclusive right to publish
in electronic book formats.
As the article notes, lower print production costs
in India has meant India long maintained affordable prices for print books: «An average paperback is
usually priced
in the range of $ 4 — 7, while a
hardcover is around $ 11, as against # 14 ($ 23)
in the UK.