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Originally Posted by BadBilly
I really don't get the "the e-book should be really cheap because there's no paper" argument. The cost to print a book in quantity is small. Maybe a couple of buck each, if that, in the volumes that a major publisher will print for a best-seller.
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A couple of dollars/ebook is a significant amount. That amount is approximately how much less I'm willing to pay for the ebook version. The publishers could discount that much and still make the same profit as the paper version. If I particularly want a specific book I might be willing to split the difference with a 1 dollar discount for the ebook and let the publishers collect the extra $1 as gravy.