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Originally Posted by pdurrant
There's a capital cost of $10,000 for the software, and a compulsory service plan fee of $1,500 per year (after the first year). And, of course, the hardware to run it on and someone to look after it.
You can find the pricing details by going to Adobe's website, searching for content server four, and then clicking on the "Buy" button — this takes you to a page that details the charges.
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That would be a lot of money for me to pay. But we're not talking about "our" personal budgets. And I would make a WAG that Amazon spends that much an hour at Christmas time in UPS/FEDEX charges.
But a company looks at the costs involved in producing a product, adds in the extras, and then decides if they can make a profit. And many of those in the ebook business believe that it's not too high.
But on the other hand the yearly
service contract that my company charges for the security software that I install starts around $1,800 and goes up depending on the size of the site. To those who need it it's not a problem. Same with those that think that they need DRM.
Leaving aside the big name authors. Would you say that a big part of the difference in price between a 350 page book selling on Smashwords for $1.99 and a similar 350 page DRM book selling on Amazon for $9.55 is due to the DRM?