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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan
I've a small problem with this approach. If you ask information about costs at the paper books, about half of the prize is distribution, not printing. Why people don't count these costs when comparisons are made with electronic books. No storage (sorry, electronic storage is much cheaper than physical storage), no transport (electronic transport is much cheaper than physical transport), but usually people don't mention these costs. Usually only paper against technical skills and infrastructures.
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Also, no unsold remainders sent back to the publisher for full credit. I just don't buy the idea that eBooks aren't a lot cheaper. Publishers have been complaining for decades about the physical costs of publishing, now suddenly those costs don't matter and it's all in the non-physical costs ... Nope, not buying it.