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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4844090" data-attributes="member: 40961">No. No, no, no. No. What I'm objecting to is the idea that it even makes sense to treat these as discrete demographics, like users of a particular web browser. They're not. This is an economic decision about the convenience of your preferred format versus monetary savings obtained by using a different format. It is not something where you are predestined to be either one or the other. Analogies based on this logic are simply inapplicable. Lets say that A is the cost of an electronic copy, and B is the cost of a hardcopy. A<B. Right? She's saying that the people who like hardcopy value it at an amount greater than B-A, or at the very least, the amount of people who prefer hardcopy but value it at less than B-A are statistically insignificant. In this case, B is $49.99, and A is $9.99. B-A is $40. She is saying people who prefer hardcopy, but would prefer to save $40 even more, are statistically insignificant. She is also saying, or at least seems to be saying by implication, that the number of people who would prefer electronic copy but would not be willing to pay $40 more for it is insignificant. I find that unlikely on both accounts. I guess I could be wrong, but I find it unlikely. I think price points factor into people's decisions.</blockquote>