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Printing cost of a paper book is only $3-4, so even eliminating the cost of printing, ebooks would still be expensive. I suspect most of the cost of books goes
by capnrefsmmat 15y ago
Printing cost of a paper book is only $3-4, so even eliminating the cost of printing, ebooks would still be expensive. I suspect most of the cost of books goes to marketing and promotion, not printing and binding.
http://www.millcitypress.net/book-printing-costs.aspx http://www.millcitypress.net/book-printing-costs.aspx
- acgourley 15y agoalso make sure to factor in shipping, which amazon often must bake into the price slightly.
- StavrosK 15y agoShipping, handling, etc isn't free, though.
- scott_s 15y agoThat's the difficulty with books. People fee like they've paid for the physical object in their hands, when really, they've paid for all of the work that went into making that object possible.