Not exact matches
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.
Since Apple is willing to play along with eBooks at $ 14.99 they get those at the same time
as the
hardcover is released (via Big
Money)--
While we were on the line I even experimentally purchased the book to see what price I was charged
as their representative said they would refund the price if I was charged USD45 — which I was, so they refunded me the
money and cancelled the sale (the
hardcover was much cheaper than USD45!).
«Rule 34» was sold in 2008, so benefited from publishers not thinking ebook rights were worth much, so in principle I get nearly
as much
money from an ebook sale
as from a
hardcover.