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Originally Posted by Ankh
Customer's don't see the cost? They most certainly do. Amazon's $10 books sell just fine, so the pressure to drop prices is passed to the publishers.
And said publishers can see what Baen is doing... Let me see, typesetting or profit margin? 
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The only way a customer can see the individual costs involved with a book is if he customer gets an itemized bill for each book. Since this does not happen, they do not see the cost.