Thread: Cost of eBooks vs dead-tree books
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Old 01-01-2021, 11:22 AM   #167
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
So how does the get paid? Does he or she get half the amount for an ebook that he or she gets for a paper book? It's hard enough making enough money to be a full time .
Obvious!
The author gets paid for his content in both cases.

There should be more available with the ebook after the savings from not having a lumberjack cut the tree, hauling the tree to the pulp mill, making the paper, making ink, printing and binding the book, shipping the book to the warehouse, storing it, shipping the book to the dealer, then to the customer.

My estimate is that at a minimum half the cost of the book will be saved by going with the ebook.

Now at this point the author can *dicker about the price all he wants.

*dicker - to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle, etc.
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