Thread: What is with these Publishers?
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Old 01-14-2010, 07:15 PM   #166
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Originally Posted by kjk View Post
Saying a book should cost x or y because this is what paper costs is just as deceptive as saying this is what digital storage/file transfer costs, so that's how we should set book prices. Isn't the market supposed to set prices?
I concur. There is also a tremendous misperception that a) what costs so much is the physical object, and b) there is, or ought to be, a direct link between what the object costs to make, and its resulting price.

This is one reason why the electronics "tear-downs" are rather pointless. An ebook reader might cost $100 to manufacture, but the purchase price may have to cover some or all of 3 years of free cellular wireless, warranties, plus the usual suspects (taxes, customer service, etc etc)....

Of course, it would be great if I could buy any book for $5. But if I want the people who actually produced and delivered the book to be compensated, then I guess I have to suck it up and pay a little extra.
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