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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
....there are certainly tremendous savings to Amazon in handling, storage and distribution for ebooks vs printed books.
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Not as much as you'd think.
They aren't losing money on the overnight delivery, and they routinely use the "Free shipping, just buy more stuff" and "buy Prime" to get people to buy more and use their services more.
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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
On a related note, it continues to astound me that smaller publishers drag their feet preparing ebook editions of their current, near current and backlist titles.
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Smaller publishers have fewer resources. Securing digital rights for older books in particular tends to slow down this process.
However, I do suspect that the economics of ebooks are getting more persuasive as ebooks pick up steam.