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Originally Posted by VicLavigne
Common sense on this must have vast misperceptions. Paper books have the following costs: printing, boxing, shipping, storage, shelf space, all per book. Ebooks have none of those overhead prices. Electronic shipment via internet cannot compare to the creation and handling of paper books. So I have a hard time understanding where only 10% of the costs are related to printing on paper.
Vic
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But you left out digital distribution requires computers.
THEN larger servers to keep the data THEN the employees to operate said computers and servers.
THEN the publishers need to have strong monitored security for said systems and the security technicians wich all cost big bucks.
THEN they have to pay for powerfull internet access wich will cost said publisher alot of money per month because they cant get bye on a dsl line.
THEN they have to pay for the employees who have to distribute it to various e-retailers. None of these count for electricity employee insurence/retirement or taxes.
Im not saying its more expensive but im tired of everyone on the internet thinking everything is just cheap digital content out of thin air with little or no overhead at all and think that its all needs to be free or dirt cheap.
Your little digital book took many expensive steps to get to your ereading device