$10 Kindle editions: get ‘em while you still can
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This isn't anything official, just the musings of some analysts--but analysts are paid to think about these things and predict what businesses will do next. In this case, an outfit called Bernstein Research says that a more ideal price for ebooks, at least for Amazon and publishers, is $12.50.
...by raising the average price by $2.51, Amazon’s margins could increase from 6 percent to 20 percent on the sale of an e-book. That, they say, is “comparable to its physical book business” since Amazon would only have to sell 1.7 e-books to match the profits from the sale of a ...