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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
Actually, that isn't quite true. Layout is simplified since you don't have to worry about pagination, "warehousing" is dramatically reduced (servers, which don't have to be owned by the publishers, vs. physical buildings and the infrastructure to run them), shipping is essentially nil, no printing and paper is required, etc.
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I would say that layout is harder since you have to make sure it works properly (typographically) on different readers using different font size. Publishers do not own warehouses from what I remember. Also it would not suprise me at all if the DRM/server cost is higher for an ebook than the physical handling cost for a physical book.