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Originally Posted by Lordvic
There's a giant cost savings with producing ebooks. There's so much a publisher does not need to do anymore. So why are ebooks the same price?
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The cost of producing an item often has little to do with its selling price.
Not sure what you mean by "giant" cost savings. The books still need to go through an editorial and proof reading process, plus each format needs to be proofed (although sometimes this seems to get skipped). You can cut out paper/printing costs and warehouse/shipping costs, but those don't add up to a huge $$ amount per book.
Ideally an ebook should be less than a pbook, but how much less is very up for debate.