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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Apart from the lower manufacturing cost, the other big difference is the retailer's cut. For a paper book, retailers general get 45% to 55% of the retail price. For electronic books retailers generally get at most 30% of the retail price.
That in itself should make an ebook of a $10 paper book be no more than $7.15
($10 = $5 to retailer, $5 to publisher. $7.15 = $2.15 to retailer, $5 to publisher.)
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But don't forget that - in the UK at least - ebooks are subject to VAT, whereas pbooks are zero-rated. VAT could (depending on the bookstore) add 20% to the ebook price.