3 ms·Because you're primarily paying for the copyright. The cost of a book is fairly trivialby Ferret7446 6mo agoBecause you're primarily paying for the copyright. The cost of a book is fairly trivialvynase 6mo agoNot with paper prices where they are these days.ghaff 6mo agoI haven't done the research recently, but I assume that the cost of printing and distributing physical books is still less than a lot of people assume it is.