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As ebooks are still very much an emerging market, there are no real clear figures on what | |||
it costs to selling an ebook in comparison to a printed book. As more companies are | |||
starting to sell ebooks, it is clear that the price of an ebook is, in most cases, a lot lower | |||
than the price of a printed book. This observation calls for a question though; | |||
How is it possible that ebooks are sold at a price of $9.99 (amazon) and normal books are | |||
sold at a price of around $20 while the printing costs only amount to about 17%? | |||
Assuming there are virtually no costs for making an ebook, the publisher will sell the ebook | |||
for 17% less to the distributor. This would mean, that there is no possible way a distributor | |||
can make the same amount of money on an ebook as it makes on a printed book. | |||
(see breakdown of costs of publisher - cheat sheet) | |||
==Enablers:== | ==Enablers:== | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 18 April 2009
Back? The future of books
Description:
As ebooks are still very much an emerging market, there are no real clear figures on what it costs to selling an ebook in comparison to a printed book. As more companies are starting to sell ebooks, it is clear that the price of an ebook is, in most cases, a lot lower than the price of a printed book. This observation calls for a question though; How is it possible that ebooks are sold at a price of $9.99 (amazon) and normal books are sold at a price of around $20 while the printing costs only amount to about 17%? Assuming there are virtually no costs for making an ebook, the publisher will sell the ebook for 17% less to the distributor. This would mean, that there is no possible way a distributor can make the same amount of money on an ebook as it makes on a printed book. (see breakdown of costs of publisher - cheat sheet)