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Originally Posted by giedre
Does anyone know just how much money of an average paperback book, let's say eight dollars, actually goes to pay for the paper and ink in making that book? I guess the reason I ask is because I too feel that ebooks are still too expensive. Perhaps we are underestimating the amount of money due an ebook??
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Figure a few dollars. Remember that the price you pay is the retail price. Your retailer will purchase books from a distributor, who it turn gets them from the publisher (or if your retailer is one of the big chains, get them directly from the publisher), and their price will be 50%-60% of what you pay.
Also recall that it isn't just paper, ink, and printing costs. There are distribution and warehousing costs on pbook editions that need to be counted in as well.
I'll ask around a bit, and try to get a relative percentage breakdown between the costs you will have in any book, electronic or paper, and the costs added by the paper edition. But offhand, I think many folks have too optimistic a view of how cheap an ebook can be.
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Dennis