Thread: Gizmodo: How Much It Actually Costs to Publish an Ebook vs. a Real Book
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Old 03-01-2010, 06:23 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by lilac_jive View Post
I think we're all forgetting the extra cost of medication for the bigwigs in publishing to deal with all the change that comes with ebooks. That can't come cheap.
lol brilliant.
However I wonder if they have skipped some e-book costs in this calculation. There might be some cost involved in creating the various e-book formats. Sure it's probably not much, but there may be cost there.

The re-sale issue is a big deal because those print copies often flow around the marketplace after their initial sale, perhaps getting sold another 20 times at second hand bookstores and lent to people. Publishers might not appreciate that enough - e-books with their current restrictions actually push people into buying new copies. As long as they price them very cheap that is no problem!
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