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Originally Posted by Tierran
I've never seen an ebook that was more expensive than a paper book
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Almost every book I've looked at has been more expensive. Maybe that's changed recently, but generally speaking - if I want to buy an e-book shortly after it comes out in hardback, the book should be cheaper than the hardback. It doesn't require nearly as much overhead to provide me that e-book. No warehouse, no distribution, no seller, no shipping, no printing cost. The only costs associated would be royalties for the publisher/author, storage/bandwidth costs which should be minimal for all but the most popular/large e-books, and whatever time is spent on converting/protecting the book (which should be pretty minimal unless doing a lot of bookmarks or other custom features). Even giving the author and publisher slightly more money, the cost should not come out to nearly as much as producing a paper book. Still, the costs have really kept me from buying a new book in e-book format despite the convenience.
Also, if you're seeing them for approximately the same cost as the paperback, please share the website(s). I'm sure others will be interested as well.
-Pete