Thread: Interesting article on publisher's profits on eBooks
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Old 07-13-2009, 10:22 PM   #3
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Well, it makes sense that an e-book will send less revenue to the publishers, since the cost of productions is lower. I'm not sure it's nearly $2/book though, even for a hardcover.



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Originally Posted by ilovejedd View Post
Interestingly enough, that's quite an argument in favor of selling non-DRMed ebooks. Amazon has the "iTunes" advantage right now. One way to wrestle market share from Amazon is to create an outlet for ebooks unencumbered by DRM.
...except that most publishers would flatly refuse right now to release their books in a non-DRM format.

More competition is on its way, but unfortunately it will almost certainly have DRM and charge more than Amazon.
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