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I never understood why an e-song can be sold for 99cts and an e-book can not. Anybody care to explain the economics of both?
by Kilimanjaro 17y ago
I never understood why an e-song can be sold for 99cts and an e-book can not.
Anybody care to explain the economics of both?
- likpok 17y agoe-songs sell much higher volume. Therefore, e-books must cost more to cover the fixed costs (someone else posted a breakdown of book-costs in an earlier thread). Edit: http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2010/01/31/why-my-books-are-no-longer-for-sale-via-amazon/ http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2010/01/31/why-my-books-are-no-...
- GavinB 17y agoAdditionally, the effort required to produce a song is much less. I could write, record, mix, and master a song in a week. A book would take several months just to get a first draft. An album of songs is much closer in terms of production costs, and requires a similarly large effort.