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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The question is whether the $2-$6 range you cite is feasible. Offhand, I suspect not.
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We know from people in the publishing industry like Eric Flint, that 80% of the price you pay for a pBook relates to the physical-ness of the pBook (paper, printing, transportation, etc.).
I go to Amazon.com and pick a book (how about Eric Flint's Time Spike). List price $24. 20% of $24 = $4.8.
Some Manga: Kitchen Princess 8.
List price: $11. 20% of $11 = $2.2
So the $2-$6 price range
is what publishers, authors, etc. currently get from a pBook. Since eBooks don't have those physical costs, the $2-$6 price range for an eBook is not only feasible, but anything above that is price gouging (especially since most pBooks don't sell for their list price).