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In some ways I think this is a funny argument. Before you jump on me I do agree eBooks should cost less and there is good argument for it. I think it is funny because of the lack of uproar for other products. We argue this point because we can mentally picture the quantity of ink, paper and ultimately the cost that goes into the production of books. We see them removed from the equation for eBooks and ask why don't we realize a cost difference. We never consider the cost of bandwidth and servers. So many Internet providers died during the dot com days because of this very cost. Yet I am diverging from my point. Or maybe not because I believe there are hidden costs we do not realize still exist in making an ebook. For example the payment to the author, lawyers, marketing, etc. There are so many products we buy everyday that have 50 to 100% and more markups. We don't question those costs. Of course we are not always aware of these markups. Compared to some of these other products I bet an eBook is still a bargin.
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