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Originally Posted by Halk
There is a price for the audio book container.
While a paperback is paper and setting up a printing press, an audio book is hiring a voice actor, and paying them to read the book out. It's just a cost of the container.
It is, of course, different for audio books because there's almost no marginal costs, and significant setup costs, as opposed to paper.
And free with a hardback was just a suggestion on how to charge a relatively large price when the book is released. I don't think it's reasonable to expect free audio books.
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Audio books are a production. There is an editor merging sessions and handling redos and production people putting together the audio. In some cases there is even music added. The book has to be split between media objects since it seldom fits on one. A package has to be designed. How can you say there is no production costs for audio.
Dale