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Originally Posted by jplumey
I understand the problem, just not its relevancy to this discussion. Are you saying the publishers should price the product based on the design cost alone? That they shouldn't sell their product based on it's value to their customers? That they should sacrifice their profits because it costs them so little to distribute their product?
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You're assuming I have answers. I don't. I just trying to accurately describe the problem.
The fact that a file copy can be make for less than a cent and transmitted (or mailed, or handed personally) for less than a cent sets a limit to what you can price successfully at.
The people in the article understand this. They're working 40 hours or more a week building a business. The business just happens to be writing. And they charge a low price, and they market the <bleep> out of what they have. No writing the story, put it on a board and just expect it to sell millions of copies.
This does not permit the paying of drones....
(and they won't come back to you product and buy it at your price. They'll just get a copy illicitly for less than a cent...)