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Originally Posted by ssaxt0
No distribution costs.
No postal charges or supplies to package.
No paper.
I know there has to be more saving here but regardless, I still cannot see cost being more than paperback.
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Like Lilac, I agree that ebooks should be no more expensive (and probably somewhat less expensive) than the most recent paper edition. But one point made above is misleading: distribution costs.
Granted, there are no trucks driving books around. But absolutely there are still distribution costs, just like any wholesale/retail operation. In fact, I just opened a (depressingly small) royalty statement on my ebooks, and saw just how big a bite is taken by fictionwise, amazon, whoever else is distributing the books.
I also saw how very far ebooks have to go before they're a significant part of the sales picture. (And yes, that's one reason I, like everyone else here, want the prices to be lower.)