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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
The paper costs are actually close to only 15% or so of the book. New ebooks are also generally hitting $10-15, whereas the "hardcover retail price" is actually more like $25 or $30. So the prices are actually a bit more in line than you probably think.
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If it's in that $10 range, sure. For a $25 book, a 15% paper cost is $3.75. So if your number is right I shouldn't be seeing that ebook for more than $12.75.
(I can get the print version for no more than $16.50 at Amazon - possibly less, if it's a Stephen King-class book - minus the inapplicable $3.75 for physical production. Yes, there's server costs, but there's also no shipping; that balances out in the publisher's/retailer's favor.)
Well, at least S&S seems to be reasonably pricing their ebooks of hardcover books - $11.99 for the ebook of a $25 hardcover that came out last Tuesday. Now if only they'd bother to do the same for paperbacks. Or have the book I want listed at Kobo.
