The price of (e)books in Netville

Other folk with far deeper expertise have been weighing in all weekend on the current fracas between Amazon and Macmillan over ebook pricing.  I don't propose to wade into the main discussion here, but there's a side to the matter to which very few of the commentators have been paying attention.  It's this: everyone's been discussing e-book pricing as that pricing connects to corresponding print versions of the same text.  But not all e-books have corresponding print editions.

( This has two consequences. )

The price of (e)books in Netville

Other folk with far deeper expertise have been weighing in all weekend on the current fracas between Amazon and Macmillan over ebook pricing.  I don't propose to wade into the main discussion here, but there's a side to the matter to which very few of the commentators have been paying attention.  It's this: everyone's been discussing e-book pricing as that pricing connects to corresponding print versions of the same text.  But not all e-books have corresponding print editions.

( This has two consequences. )