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Originally Posted by carld
If you read my posts you'd see that I actually don't buy his analysis on DRM, and even if I did, that doesn't automatically mean I'd think he had ebook cost estimates right. That's just not logical. As it stands, I think he's wrong on both counts, because he's wrong on both, not because he's wrong on one and therefore automatically wrong on the other.
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To be clear, I agree with you that he is wrong on DRM. As to the production costs of ebooks vs pbooks, I think the issue is largely irrelevant to the question of ebook prices. Its LIKELY that it costs about 10-20% less to produce an ebook, but so what? Most ebook enthusiasts want ebooks to cost 50-70% less than pbooks , or say that ebooks should be free. THey're not going to be satisfied with a 10% cut.
In any case, we should always remind ourselves that the chief factor determining the price of a book is when its released. That's how it always will be.