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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4843756" data-attributes="member: 59506">I feel that $10.00 ($9.99<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />) is perfect for a pdf.  Sure, I'd be ecstatic if the benchmark was $5.00, but hey, they've gotta make some money.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I don't have a problem paying $20.00 or more for a pdf if the book is exclusively produced in pdf format.  But, if it's predominantly a print product, and people will predominantly buy the print product and maybe purchase the pdf as a convenient supplement, then I think it's absolutely ludricous to expect someone to pay full or near full price for a pdf.  $10.00 is as high as I'll go. Now, once the market transitions to a predominantly electronic medium (maybe soon, maybe not), then I'd understand higher prices for pdf's.  I don't remember how much, but I do remember reading that printing costs actually are not the major cost of a publication.  It would only make sense then to sell pdf's at a higher price.  It would be the only way to make a profit.  At that time I'd also expect actual printed versions to be even more expensive, simply because the volumes would probably be much lower.  I wouldn't expect print books to completely disappear (especially for more popular titles) unless the industry decides they just aren't worth it anymore.</blockquote>

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