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Originally Posted by Seli
Maybe, but probably at the moment the lower costs for the production of the ebook compared to a paper version also has to be earned back by a lot less sales (right now and in short to mid-term). So it might not be so easy yet to make statements on the profit yet.
Yes, once you have an ebook you can sell it for eternity without any new production costs. But the ebook market is still in development and we are still paying for early-adaptor status.
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I am not 100% sure what you are saying. However let's remember what early-adopter status usually results from. New products in the electronics field for example cost much more at the beginning because of enormous development costs and the risk that a new product won't succeed. Hence the high price.
I see no evidence from anyone here or elsewhere of any significant development or initial investment costs sufficient to justify these high costs and hence my statement about the mind-set of the Publishers.