Thread: Cost of eBooks vs dead-tree books
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Old 01-05-2021, 03:04 PM   #236
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
I'm not ignoring any such thing. The physical generation, storage and handling cost of paper books have come way down as a percentage of the cost of the book over the years. Amazon has driven such cost way down and Amazon is the biggest in the US. I don't think you understand exactly how Amazon does business.

Your point continues to be inaccurate. Most of the cost in a book is in the people time it take to create a quality book - , editing, formatting. That's why indie books that use the same business model as the main publishers (a couple books per year) tend to be priced within a dollar or two of the publishers books once they hit paperback.
That's why I only consider "paper" books vs eBooks.

Paper is paper including all derivatives! Not to be confused with an eBook.

The admonishment "Don't confuse oranges with apples" includes tangerines with the former.
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