The Digital Reader

NPR had a fascinating piece today on the how people assign value to ebooks.

The growing popularity of e-books has raised a difficult question in the publishing marketplace that used to have an easy answer: What’s a book worth?

Because they cost less to produce, consumers think e-books should be cheap. But publishers are afraid that if the price goes too low, they may never recover from the diminished expectations.

You can listen to it here, or you can download the MP3.

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