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Originally Posted by mores
uhm, I can see how the ebook copy being given away with a pbook would be a neat bonus offering where everybody profits and no extra costs are involved.
But the audiobook really takes a larger advance-investment for the costs of the recording studio, the speaker and the post production/mastering/etc.
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yes of course, that would not really be a viable system. however the article was talking only about the ebook, not the audio books, and then we began to talk about the idea of separating the content from the container, so you would buy the content for a fixed priced (delivered as an ebook, the cheapest container to make) and then add a supplement if you wanted a more cost-intensive container such as paper book or audio book, and even possibly choose between audio files downloaded to your hard drive or (for another small supplement) presented as an audio cd. the idea is to find a way to charge a faire price for everyone, depending on the form the content is sold in. (ie hardcover more expensive than paperback which is more expensive than digital).