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Old 11-23-2010, 02:25 PM   #229
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
If converison would cost 10k we wouldn't have pirates.
I assume you mean it doesn't cost someone $10k to convert an ebook on their own time.

If so, then keep in mind that pirates don't have to pay a legal department to go through the contracts and clear the rights; they don't pay their employees, they don't pay for health benefits and 401k's, and they don't pay for overhead. They don't have to keep track of sales figures or royalties, they don't pay taxes for this work, they don't have to convert large numbers of books.

So yes, I agree that your costs are quite low when you don't actually have to pay people for their work.
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