WSJ: Apple wants e-books to be $12.99 or $14.99 for hardcover best sellers

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/harper-collins-apple-rm-eng-1263860880.jpg (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703906204575027503731077976.html?m od=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond)Here's a little price snippet on Apple's e-book plans, care of an eleventh hour Wall Street Journal piece. According to the article, the gang in Cupertino is asking book publishers (HarperCollins (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/wsj-apple-and-harpercollins-negotiating-e-book-deal-for-tablet/) was specifically cited) to set the price point for digital versions of hardcover bestsellers at either $12.99 or $14.00, "with fewer titles offered at $9.99." The publisher apparently has the option to set its own price, but at any rate, Apple's taking the usual 30% cut from each sale -- a $14.99 novel would thus leave about $10.49 for the publisher. Nothing else to glean from this other than a rather strongly-phrased assertion that tomorrow's tablet has a 10-inch touchscreen (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/the-apple-tablet-a-complete-history-supposedly/), but no indication on where that's coming from. These prices would put Apple's selection at a premium compared with Amazon and its Kindle store, but perhaps it'll also be bypassing any rumored digital delay (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/harpercollins-now-also-thumbing-nose-at-e-book-industry-with-dig/) on new works -- question is, if Apple really is entering the e-book business and bringing with it higher prices, will it let us import our digital books purchased from other stores? What say you, Mr. McGraw (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/mcgraw-hills-ceo-confirms-apple-tablet-debuting-tomorrow/)?WSJ: Apple wants e-books to be $12.99 or $14.99 for hardcover best sellers (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/wsj-apple-wants-e-books-to-be-12-99-or-14-99-for-hardcover-be/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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