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Originally Posted by meredithwh
There is a good deal of work involved in producing e-books -- preparing them in all the differetn formats, after the usual editing etc etc -- but without the warehousing and distribution costs, etc of tree books, there is no real excuse for high prices on e-books. Other than trying to rip off the consumer.
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I disagree. Except for scanning and converting older printed books, all books made today are written with word processors and already exist in digital format which is how publishers evaluate and edit them for either eBook or pBook distribution. Virtually all formatting, even with embedded images, is done automatically, so there is no additional work or time needed by publishers to offer an eBook. Even your eBook reader formats the text on the fly to fit its screen.
Publishers are losing profit on pBooks (mostly paperbacks) as eBook sales increase and pBook sales drop accordingly. There is more profit in an eBook at the same price as a pBook because they aren't providing paper, printing, binding, transportation and shelf space, so an eBook should not cost as much as a pBook. Actually there would be
more format editing for a pBook than an eBook because of the fixed page dimensions. I will NOT pay a pBook price for an eBook.