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jarom_td  Posts: 122
Registered: 2000-8-8 12:45:59
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Raiztlin posted:
They really arent.. Not much anyway. Believe it or not, unless a e-book sells exceptionally well, it's not really alot cheaper to make/distribute than a paperbook.
(This goes for Norway, but I'm fairly sure it's more or less true elsewhere as well)
I'm no expert, probably don't even have a clue about what the process is. But how can a physical medium - bound paper, printing, shipping, etc. be the same as an electronic copy?
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vn_vigilante66 Title: GO TEAM VENTURE!
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Registered: 2001-1-27 18:35:15
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Good Question. Copy & Paste cant cost too much
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Raiztlin  Title: Dick Tracy
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Registered: 2002-1-23 08:10:37
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Data storage, infrastructure and bandwidth all cost money
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Yossarian_42  Title: RUSH > ALL
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Registered: 2002-2-28 11:23:20
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You could store every ebook in the universe on a $200 hard drive and they are so small I can't see them needing tons of extra bandwidth to distribute them.
I refuse to believe that any of that costs as much as printing presses, paper and ink, handling and shipping. They have to ship the materials and the books. Not only that, but they have to pay the wages of the exrta people it takes to place a physical book in your hands.
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Calidoc Posts: 92
Registered: 2004-1-4 14:25:28
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Date Posted:
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vn_vigilante66 posted:
Good Question. Copy & Paste cant cost too much
The cost of paper is very small part of the book costs.
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL
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Registered: 2002-2-28 11:23:20
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The bottom line is they were cheaper. We aren't talking about Amazon lowering the price on a handful of popular hardcovers to get people in the metaphorical door. We are talking about the vast majority of ebooks priced lower than the physical books.
The publishers contrived to increase the price of ebooks in order to subsidize physical copies.
They wouldn't have been cheaper to begin with if they weren't cheaper to begin with.
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Lyndrek  Title: Moderator
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Registered: 1999-11-22 12:41:54
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Date Posted:
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It's all about convinience,
with ebooks you have the convinience of shopping and instant gratification
I just went through all of Kim Harrison's the hollow series in a week because "hey look finished a book! Click buy next one oh look there it is! Read it oh look done! Click buy next one!"
piracy is really easy.
I went through the kindle store looking for a book series I started to read in High-school and never finished. Found one of the books (one of the later ones) in ebook format.
so I bought that one, and then finding the earlier volumes weren't available in ebook I went ahead and downloaded them.
Sorry but I wanted to read the series and the ebook failed on that note.
But the point is since I've gotten my Kindle I've bought 4 times as many books as I normally do in the same amount of time.
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL
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Registered: 2002-2-28 11:23:20
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The year before I got my book reader = 99 books read
The year after I got my book reader = 126 books read
That is a 20% increase!
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Caoilin Title: Instigator
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Registered: 2001-11-20 00:03:45
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vn_jurojin posted:
Caoilin posted:
ugh i would never buy a used book. ever.
Just out of morbid curiosity, I'd like to know if my initial guess about your reasoning here is correct.
several reasons. i don't like pages bent. i don't like spines messed up. i don't want to find writing anywhere.
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL
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When I see a used book with sweat stains my stomach turns.
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