So far this year I've bought 9 p-books and 12 e-books. It's starting to shift more to paper again as the deals are better on paper for some titles.
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Originally Posted by taustin
According to authors and industry types I've seen talk about the business of publishing, the cost of putting ink on paper and getting it in to the store is about 10% of the retail price. So, really, no, they don't actually save all that much on ebooks.
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I have a hard time believing that when one talks warehouse space versus server space. The incremental costs of adding another book to their list in e-format versus paper format isn't even comparable.
I do realize that books are relatively cheap to produce, but not so much to store and ship. I think all we are seeing is basic supply and demand. Demand for e-books has gone way up so the sellers are trying to reap more profits from them, trying to find that price level where they can maximize returns.