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Old 01-06-2012, 11:14 AM   #83
murraypaul
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Originally Posted by taustin View Post
And yet, industry insiders have gone on the record about it, and say that about 10% of the retail price is for putting ink on paper and getting it to the store. So any time you vote for more than a 10% reduction in the price of an ebook, you're voting for lower quality. So say people who I have heard of before and know to be working in the industry.
The insiders who are trying to justify high ebook prices?
It may surprise you, but people might not believe them.
It is simply implausible that printing, packing, shipping and warehousing, and the cost of printing returned books are less that 10% of sticker price.
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