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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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Y'know? I don't have a problem with as-high-as-paper-book pricing *IF* the author gets a larger share of the sales pie for the ebook sales. I don't think it would be unfair for an author to get 20% royalties on ebook sales. (I'm willing to concede that there are still publisher costs that cannot be ignored, but if the publisher uses it's own marketing site (thus cutting out Amazon or Fictionwise from the retail picture), the reduction in printing and distribution/fulfillment costs warrant at least a 30% author royalty rate on ebooks.
Derek