There is an excellent Salon article detailing why books cost so much titled "
Why do books cost so much?"
My favorite quote:
Quote:
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"When you're buying a book, you're not only paying for that book, but you're also paying for the book that will be returned and destroyed," explains Jason Epstein, former editorial director at Random House and the author of "Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, Future." "That means you're actually paying for a book-and-a-half, or a book-and-a-quarter."
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So explain to me again why I'm paying 'book-and-a-half' prices for ebooks? Not to mention all the other costs mentioned in the article that simply do not exist for ebooks.