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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Unless there's a claim that ebook formatting is more expensive than pbook formatting (needing to make bookmarks and such), there's no way that ebooks can be expected to have the same cost to create as pbooks. There are a few production costs that just don't exist for ebooks, and the only one that exists for ebooks and not pbooks is DRM.
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Well we all seem to be saying the same thing; in the post you previously objected to from LeeH, it was stipulated that *aside* from warehousing and printing, ebooks cost the same. Your response seemed to dispute that, but later in your math you did say "if", which I missed the first time, and now you're clearly saying you agree that the costs are shared between ebooks and pbooks, so there's really no disagreement here.
Ebooks do not cost as much as pbooks to produce, but they still cost a substantial amount, not $0. Ebook prices have to cover that cost in their pricing.