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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
There are if you're a publisher, because time costs money. There's also software costs, which are negligible per book if you're doing it professionally, but notable if you only want to make a handful of books. And training on that software takes more time, which costs money if you're hiring someone to do it.
There's no *physical* costs involved, like there are for printing. But taking the time and applying the skill to format a book correctly are costs, whether or not anyone gets paid in bankable currency.
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Actually most of the so called physical cost in printing are really set up and proofing costs. The run is pretty automated and paper it cheap. It costs less than a buck to print a book including binding it.