Thread: How much cost difference is there really?
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Old 09-22-2009, 11:14 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Mare of Earth View Post
Interesting set of numbers you have there. Thank you for posting the information!

Another aspect of the ebook vs. pbook industry - what is the cost difference between physically printing and shipping out a book vs. formatting and hosting webspace with merchant accounts for an ebook?

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Well a book printing and shipping in high quantities used by a publisher are typically less than a buck.

Webspace with accounts is only part of the cost of eBooks. There are issues with multiple formats and DRM that add to the costs and then people expect errors to be fixed at no cost so this is an added overhead. Conversion software gets updated and this has to be installed and maintained. IT is not free. Other expenses are tracking the changes vs. the pbooks.

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