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Originally Posted by BuddyBoy
Don't forget 7. Share of overhead.
I remember now why I try to stay out of these discussions.  I hope after this one winds down I can stay away for another year or two.
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Ergo, the main cost savings for ebooks, when produced in concert with pbooks, is the cost of printing and distribution which amounts to less than $1-2 per hardcover.
Ebooks are often at least $1-2 less than hardcovers.
Therefore, ebooks are not overpriced.
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I don't know whether ebooks are overpriced or not but one fallacy I see being made (not by you, but by folks who say ebook publication is simple) is that those making that argument are often oversimplifying the process of publication and distribution of which no one company has control over. But, many like to imagine there is one bad publisher company or one bad publishing industry and they should change whereas it's always much more complicated than that.