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Originally Posted by mldavis2
Because we should not be paying for paper, ink, printing, binding, transportation, stocking, inventory and brick and mortar overhead. Preparation of an eBook is a one-time event, followed by an infinitesimal amount of storage space and server time.
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Not to mention the
known demand for a book already in print. Backlist books being re-offered as ebooks are known to have a market: if they flopped horribly on the first print run, the publisher wouldn't be re-issuing them.
There's little risk with backlist books--the publisher doesn't have to convince the public that the author is worth reading; doesn't have to edit the book to marketability; doesn't have to research current trends to find out how the topic connects to other things currently available. Production costs are minimal and business-planning costs are almost nil.
Publishers are, of course, not mentioning how much less planning and decision-making overhead goes into backlist ebooks.