> I can understand that e-books by themselves are not dirt > cheap, since most of the cost goes does not come from the > printing and physical distribution proc

> I can understand that e-books by themselves are not dirt > cheap, since most of the cost goes does not come from the > printing and physical distribution process. Umm... this is incorrect. Most of the cost does come from printing and distribution. The next largest chunk is editing, but it is still smaller than the other.