[marcc]

We tend to compare ebook pricing to physical book pricing based on perceived value. But the cost to print and deliver the book should not have an impact on the value you will get from reading it. Trying to "get my money worth" shouldn't impact your decision. Buy the book in the format you want to enjoy it. The cost to the publisher and distributor are irrelevant.

There are advantages other than physical size of an ebook: - Lower effort to complete the buy -> starting reading process - My wife and I share an Amazon account, and therefore we can read an ebook simultaneously

If reading a book in hardcover or paperback form is something you enjoy, they buy it in that format. If you are happy with an ebook, great -- buy an ebook.

If a physical book and an ebook are the same price, then make your decision based onhly on which format you want to read in.

[dingaling]

> Trying to "get my money worth" shouldn't impact your decision

Why not?

By purchasing the e-book version a customer is surrendering potential future revenue ( resale of physical book or trade-in against another ), but is not being offered much or any compensation for this loss.

If the Kindle edition is £66.50 and the hardback is £70.00 [0] I'll laugh at the publisher's e-avarice and buy the physical copy; I'll likely make about £45 back when I resell it. So really the price of the e-book edition should be about £25.

[0] http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000WDP5DW?keywords=the first helicopter war&qid=1450638593

[SomeStupidPoint]

> If a physical book and an ebook are the same price, then make your decision based onhly on which format you want to read in.

Why shouldn't consumers benefit from a change in technology making production easier? Why do you propose that all the benefits should remain with the creator?

It's not unreasonable for a society to expect that people who benefit from its progress share that benefit with the other members.

Expecting ebooks to be cheaper because of reduced production costs is precisely that expectation -- that publishers which benefit from society contribute to society.

[marcc]

Where am I proposing that "all the benefits should remain with the creator"? I simply choose the format that I want to read. The cost to produce this format compared to other formats simply does not impact my decision.

I enjoy reading an ebook on my eink screen. It would be foolish of me to choose a paperback copy simply because the publisher and distributor made less of a profit on it.