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Originally Posted by darryl
And once an ebook is produced there are virtually no costs in keeping it available.
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The costs associated with keeping ebooks "in print" are substantial. Server farms that provide storefronts and downloads have substantial up-front costs and on-going costs as equipment is replaced and upgraded. They require electricity for power and cooling. The buildings which house them have leases and property taxes. The programmers who write and improve the storefront software have salaries to be paid. So do the QA people who test that software and the system administrators who deploy the software and maintain the infrastructure.