I can understand that, but I can also see the other side. Editors, proofreaders, marketing, binding, printing, sales, distribution etc etc. The author doesn't p

I can understand that, but I can also see the other side. Editors, proofreaders, marketing, binding, printing, sales, distribution etc etc. The author doesn't pay for those. With ebooks you can drop the binding & printing but the rest still applies. I'll concede there will be cases where the mark up is over the top, but you aren't just paying for the actual words.