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The main reason for the cost of ebooks be "high" is that the actual printing and distribution of a physical book is actually a minor part of the retail cost. Also there is no "paperback" version of an ebook.
The publisher's for the most part have settled on pricing the ebooks with a discount from the hardcover physical book retail price. Then there is the fee for the DRM license and the cost of servers etc etc for the actual digital distribution.
There are allot of people that have to get a paycheck between the author of any book, physical or digital, and you. The paper makers , binders and truckers are a very small fraction for the physical book.
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