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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Miniscule? Less certainly, but how much less? Much of a books production cost comes before it is printed, warehoused and shipped.
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YES, and the publishers charge more than enough that in a reasonable run of hard covers THEY MAKE MONEY.
Then, they take the same book and put it out in paperback. And make MORE money.
With the advent of e-books, hardcover and paperback prices fer SHER haven't come down...
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Agreed, but the question is how much less.
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I don't care if it's $.01 less, but I WILL NOT pay more for an e-book that I can't sell or share than for a paperback I can.
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Have you got numbers to say they are?
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Not my job to prove there's NOT a problem. It's there's to prove there is one that'll justify charging higher prices than for other media. I have a REALLY hard time believing any of the publisher's (OK, impossible) incessant claims of poverty, and I find it nearly as difficult to believe the cries of poverty from authors. When James Patterson or John Sandford or Vince Flynn or any other reasonably popular author starts crying foul, and shows numbers that indicate selling e-books for significantly less than DTBs, I'll be more inclined to believe it. Until then, nope.