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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Explain to us how the cost of an ebook is less then 1/4th the cost of a paper book?
ebook and paper books share exactly the same cost up to the point of formatting it for the various mediums. A paper book does have the cost of the paper and the ink and the cost of shipping to the stores. But the ebooks have the cost of formatting them in the various formats. So how when the costs split from the paper and ebook does that make it less then 1/4th the cost?
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We've been through this time and time again. Do I need to go over it yet again?
The vast majority of the cost of a pBook is the physical-ness of the pBook: paper, ink, printing press, distribution, warehousing, shelf space, etc. None of those costs exist for an eBook.
The people from the publishing industry have told us that out of the $20 you pay for a hardcover, the author gets about $1.
So, saying that the costs of an eBook is 1/4 that of a pBook is a pretty good estimate.