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Originally Posted by darryl
This article and the comments discuss this issue:
http://www.davidderrico.com/cost-bre...printed-books/
Print costs are a fraction of the costs to a Big 5 publisher, but not a small insignificant fraction. And, of course, other costs unique to a print book are shipping and warehousing, and the costs associated with accepting returns (for full credit) of unsold books by bookstores. Unlike ebooks, these costs are incurred for every book printed, sold or unsold. The marginal cost of producing ebooks is negligible. |
You also have to look at the discounts between the paper and ebooks. I don't know what the discounts for Trade paper and Hardcover are, but the discount for mass market is typically 55% while the discount for ebooks is now typically 30% at least in the $3.00 to $9.99 with Amazon.
Greg