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Originally Posted by kirbinster
Why are e-books so expensive? The publisher does not have the physical cost of the book nor the cost for distribution and transport, yet they still seem to cost are $10 a copy. Why is it I can go and rent a DVD of a movie for $1 or $2, but to get an electronic copy of a book costs me $10. A book can be thought of as the script to a movie, and then they have huge production costs yet I can view a movie for a fraction of what it costs to view the book. Something is wrong with this model.
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Perhaps. But on the other side, look at the many thousands of ebooks you can get for free, that you would have to purchase in "used" or "new" paper book form.
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