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Originally Posted by ratinox
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.
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All true, but once you have your data centre up and running, the cost difference between having "X" books available and "X+1" books is pretty minimal.