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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 got it. There is very little correlation between the cost to make something and it's price. Cost at most provides a floor to what a good must be priced in order incentivize production in the first place.
If we all agree that $1 is all an book is ever worth, and it costs $2 to make a book -- then there will be no books made.
On the other hand, if enough people are willing to pay $100 for the latest book from Oprah...then it matters not a bit that it only cost $2 to make the book.
Lee