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Originally Posted by covfam
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
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Yes, but the steps cost less when you spread it out. With each paperbook, there is only so many they can ship on each truck, where as with stuff over an internet connection, things travel so much faster, and they can get far more books transferred in the amount of time that it takes one truckload to reach its destination.
Plus, most publishers don't host the books themselves, just like they don't sell the books directly themselves. They leave it to the retailers, who must bear most of the costs you mention, yet those retailers are not the ones who set the cost anymore.