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Originally Posted by rollei
In any case, the profit margin for e-book is very high, e-books should be a lot cheaper than a paper book.
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How much cheaper is a lot? 25%, 50% more? I ask because some folks seem to think they should all cost only a buck or two which is unrealistic. It's true that eBooks don't have printing, binding, shipping or warehousing remaindering/throw aways involved, but the cost of books have never been wholly based on what it costs to make one. I agree they should be cheaper, but when printing/binding thousands of copies we aren't talking a huge part of the cost compared to the cover price and there is still editing, marketing etc. with ebooks just like there is with pbooks.