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Originally Posted by fugazied
It is obscene that a creative work which is usually done by 1 person and then distributed is what is essentially a 5 cents per copy medium (hardly any reproduction costs) should cost over $10.
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"Reproduction costs" are entirely irrelevent. If you spend 6 months writing a book, what is a fair rate of return for that work?
If I can reasonably expect to sell 5000 copies of a book, and I decide that my work is worth, say, $20,000 to me (hardly a high rate of pay for 6 months work), then I need to make $4 profit per copy. If Amazon pays me 35% of the book's selling price, that means that the book needs to sell for $11.50 to give me my $4.