Not time, but resources. In this case paying someone to manually set the book's E-edition. My point is that with anything, the publishers decide if paying to ma

Not time, but resources. In this case paying someone to manually set the book's E-edition. My point is that with anything, the publishers decide if paying to manually set the ebook has a better return than spending elsewhere (or not at all). I think going forward, the publishers will plan for typesetting the print and electronic versions together so the delineation of costs that I mention won't exists. It will all be rolled into the production cost of the book. My comment is aimed at publishers with piles of books that were set before the existence of ebooks (or with production processes that are slower to change, books in transition). Should the backlog of books be converted to e-books as quickly as possible using a less than ideal processes or should the books be manually re-set with humans thereby delaying their availability? I think the publishers are trying to optimize based on highest return between typography and availability. BTW, I would love to see better typography, I don't disagree with that point. I'm just speculating on why it's not happening.