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Originally Posted by Sonist
It is not just printing cost savings, however. See the breakdown earlier in the thread.
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That breakdown doesn't really apply to publishing an ebook, particularly a new release,
right now. With the present market share for ebooks and the rather chaotic state of the industry, the cost of an electronic edition is pretty much equal to a print copy. For the publishers to make that point is short-sighted; eventually more people will be reading ebooks and savings will be realized. Still, at present electronic editions are something they must produce in addition to print runs, not instead of.
Where I'd like to see more innovation right now is the smaller print houses, the likes of Baen, who are disadvantaged on the old turf but have the light weight and flexibility to excel in the new media.