I agree with your point that the money belongs to the authors, not to a middleman. You have to take into account however that production/handling costs don't p

I agree with your point that the money belongs to the authors, not to a middleman. You have to take into account however that production/handling costs don't play a role in ebook pricing. Publishers make ebooks expensive for a single reason: to slow ebook adoption as much as they can. They have long realized that once the cat is out the bag their business model inevitably ends (cf. the music industry). And since they can't do anything to prevent it, they at least do their best to slow it...