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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't think you're taking into account the fact that most of the cost of producing a book is still present for an eBook. All the work done by the publisher - copy editing, the publicity and marketing, etc - is still present whether the book is printed on paper or distributed electronically. ..
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Most of the cost? Part of the cost at least. What are not costs on a pure e-book are warehousing, printing, and transport costs. How much do you imagine that accounts for? And consider that copy editing seems to be a thing of the past, at least judging from the crappy grammar and spelling errors I have seen in many books.
The costs for producing software are similar- what makes it such a racket is that these costs are basically sunk costs- you aren't paying any more in manufacturing costs whether you sell 10 copies or 10 million copies.