http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/cmap-9-ebooks.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/cmap-9-e... (and the rest of his 'Com

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/cmap-9-ebooks.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/cmap-9-e... (and the rest of his 'Common misconceptions about publishing'[1] series) covers this idea in quite some detail, and ultimately concludes that the majority of the cost is in the pre-production processes, not the physical book printing. Exactly how ebook pricing relates to any form of sanity is something of another matter. IIRC Amazon, Apple, etc all take something like 30%+ of the sale price, and the retail book industry (after allowing for unsold returns and all the weird accounting jiggery-pokery) operates on quite thin margins. [1] http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/common-misconceptions-about-pu-1.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/common-m...