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It takes the same amount of time for the author to make an ebook as a papager book. Ok, granted you can have both formats from the same source, but that does not mean it takes no time to make the ebook. The ebook is the same as the paper book except for the final product. The only different is one is electronic and the other is paper.
Now, take away the paper book, let's get rid of it. Now if the book is only going to be electronic, the costs involved to make it to market are almost the same as it would have been had ot been paper only. You have the auther, the publishers, editors, proofreaders, etc.. the same as youi have for the paper edition. It's only when the book is said to be finished do things differ as now we need people to put it together in the various ebook formats and get it out to the ebook shops. Where like a book store in your are you have staff and other costs of running the shop.
Now take that same book, and make both a papaer and electronic editions and you have even more cost involved as you have to pay the employees to make the electronic versions.
I agree that electronic books need to be priced lower enough from the paper editions that it makes it a good deal to the general public. So they say hey, this mony I'm spending on my reader is going to be recuperated by the lower costs of the electronic books vs. the paper books. That's wonderful. But if they see the cost of the electronic book too close to the cost of the paper book, they may say, why bother? There isn't really enough of a cost savings.
This all has to do with how the public perceives the pricing structure. I for one will not purchase ebooks priced close to that of a hardcover. I think that's out and out silly.
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