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I would take some of the references to increased costs due to a multiplicity of file types with a mine of salt.
Fictionwise managed to convert 19,000 titles to a new format in less than a month and managed do do so without worrying about passing the cost to consumers. Baen added LRF without any major concerns for cost either.
Given that Baen can make a profit with sub-paperback prices on eBooks (and higher royalties) I would suspect that Random House is choosing to inflate the costs of their works. I think the highest reasonable cost for an eBook is still roughly the same as that of a paperback (when dealing with fiction).
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