"If you sincerely believe the fruits of my labors will only ever be worth reading for $0.99, then I question what our relationship is."<p>Here's the thing, for this author or any: <i>you</i> don't get to choose the value of your product in the market. You can set a <i>price</i>, but talking down to people who don't pay you what you think your product is worth doesn't make them wrong.
Trying to guilt people into paying more for your product by complaining about the price of doctors' visits and how hard you worked on your product is a terrific business model.
No. High book prices is not good for <i>me</i>, but it may be good for the <i>authors</i>. There are quite a big difference since there is a nearly limitless amount of good literature out there that I could enjoy.
I don't particularly object to $15-25 ebooks. I <i>do</i> object to $250 ones.<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Germany-ebook/dp/B000Q360KK/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Germany-ebook/dp/B000Q360KK/</a><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=0Sdo1gNF4D8C" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=0Sdo1gNF4D8C</a><p>Can we stop charging consumers library prices for nonfiction? I'd appreciate that.