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Originally Posted by JSWolf
So does anyone actually know how much of a book's cost is the printing, the paper, the shipping, the storage, the cost to the store to stock it and so on for things related to a paper book that are not related to an eBook? I know eBooks have the cost of DRM added to them. But the storage costs are minimal, no shipping costs, no printing costs, no warehousing costs, no costs to have it on the shelf etc. These are the things we should know to know how much less an eBook actually costs to make then the pBook.
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Slate magazine ran an article about that a few months ago that was discussed here on MobileRead. There was some disagreement as to the accuracy of their numbers, though, I believe.