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Originally Posted by p_a_smith
I've always been curious about this arguement. It assumes that the only difference between an ebook and a paperback book is the costs to actual print a book (which I have heard estimated at $3.50/book).
Certainly there are fixed costs no matter what format you produce a book. You have to pay the author, cover artist, the editor, the publisher, and the seller as well as for promotion when the book is launched (so very time limited costs for advertising if any are bothered with).
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The calculus is much simpler than all this. Let my desire to read a certain book expressed in dollars = D. let the price of the book in dollars = P
If D>P, then I buy the book. If D<P then I do not buy the book.
Production costs, royalties, profitability of the publisher, ability of the author to make a living from his/her writing etc. do not change my desire to read a book.