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Old 09-12-2011, 10:16 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
No, he is saying that as the number of physical books sold fall, the publisher makes less money per book, because the fixed costs become a greater proportion of the total cost.
If he means that the fixed costs are a greater proportion of the PHYSICAL book sales, then... I don't care. I mean, duh: lower print purchases mean lower print profits.

If he means that the fixed costs are a greater proportion of ALL book sales, then... I said that already in different words, and then addressed same.

As for the rest, I still maintain that "fixed costs" are not as fixed as the article seems to be claiming.
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