Theodore Casser wrote:They do have books where they offer a discounted eBook (and even sometimes, a free one) version of a hard-copy purchased book, so I think it's a bit unfair to wholly categorize Apress as always requiring payment of the full-price to get an eBook copy of a paper book. ?
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I think you misunderstood my post
.There's no logic in doing it on "some" books and not the others...if the books come in both print and e-book format.
Theodore Casser wrote:Nor do I think it's unfair the other way around, to expect them to charge full price for buying a paper copy when you've already bought the electronic - you can't expect them to take a loss on the paper copy, can you.
I'm not expecting them to make a loss
. They don't make any loss on the paper copy,because the customer has already paid almost 70% when buying the e-book.The difference covers the 30%.That's how Manning and Oreilly do it and I don't think they'd continue to do so if that meant making losses on the paper copies.
Anyway , I mailed Apress and they came back to me saying they " will seriously consider your comments, and if changes are made, we will let you know for sure" , which is great.
Theodore Casser wrote:That said... if you don't like their price structure, vote with your wallet and choose another publisher..
Sure, but unfortunately that's not always possible , because the other publishers might not have any publication on the title/subject of interest.