The debate about e-readers and e-books rumbles on in the Bookseller with Transworld setting the new Dan Brown e-book at £18.99. Seems a huge price to me and I have made a couple of comments.
What I don't quite figure out is why Transworld don't make the e-book exclusive on their site only. Don't let it go to Amazon or anyone else. Anyone who is buying a download will home in on it there. Then Transworld don't have to give a hefty discount to Amazon or anyone else and they can afford to let their loyal customers have it at a reasonable price (nearer the £5 mark). That way the publisher makes money and pleases the customer and retains some power over digital content.
Aren't people always going to buy e-books online rather than visit a bookshop? If so, the publisher should build up their e-shops and not let anyone else have them.
And finally, have the e-reader manufacturers tried lying on a beach with their e-reader? Won't they get awfully hot to hold and in danger of clogging up with sand?
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