Thread: C|Net: Why e-books cost so much
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Old 04-13-2012, 08:20 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
There is the cost for the author, the cost for the editing, the cost for the making of the eBook, the cost for the server storage...

There are costs involved. But, when you take into the extra costs for the pBooks, the eBooks do cost less per copy when the pBooks.

But next to $0? No way.
The poster that you quote specified PRODUCTION costs.

There are other costs to the book, but once you have the edited manuscript in digital form, and cover art in digital form, the cost of producing the ebook is almost zero.
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