Can someone explain the market economics behind Kindle books being more expensive than the paperback versions? Is it as simple as, demand for Kindle versions is higher, we can make more money from Kindle version, therefore, $X price? @FreakyTheory @patio11 @benthompson @amazon
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Really interesting. The point about publishers and Amazon having different incentives is clearly key. My wife and I were talking about this at dinner and ended up landing in a similar place where publishers must be setting high thresholds for prices which Amazon can't go below.
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But then, of course, there's all kinds of complex price incentive structures. The one book I'm thinking of ran a 40%-off -hardcover deal yesterday which ended up prompting the question for me in the first place. Appreciate the insights,
@patio11!
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