On Feb 26, 2013, at 7:50 AM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
> Except that I should not be charged for an 'electronic copy' after I have > paid for a real book. I wouldn't mind paying Ray the royalty he makes (or > should be!), but it takes exactly zero resources to make the electronic copy > once the real book is set and printed in this digital age and therefore they > do not deserve any additional money from me. > Common attitude, but wrong. It's the legacy of "everything on the internet is free" back in the day when shareware was just starting. I can't tell you how many times I'd hear someone say, "They're not losing money because I'm not paying for the shareware, because if it cost money I wouldn't use it." Huh? But you're using it . . . ? If you buy the hardcover, you don't get a free paperback, do you? No. If you owned the vinyl record, they didn't give you a free CD. If you have the VHS tape, they didn't give you a free DVD. You're buying a single copy. So, if you want the eBook, that's a different copy. As for "zero resources" as in the cost of the servers? The bandwidth to deliver product market wide? The labor to keep the network running? The cost of marketing to the new market? The cost of the transaction and banking? The accounting? You mean that's all free? Nope. Best, R,E,F, ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
