We've been given to understand that the hardcover has an artificially inflated value (costing mere pennies per unit more to
produce than the paperback), and that this artificial inflation is crucial to the success of the book.
Not exact matches
But I remember the days when we were told that hardback cost more
than paperbacks to
produce and that when the cost of paper went up, so did the cost of books.
I kept the ebook price well below my
paperback on the belief I have held as a reader — that the ebook costs a lot less
than a
paperback to
produce and distribute.
It's quite easy for a self - published writer to
produce print books through Createspace — I bet my self - punished
paperbacks earn me more money
than you get for
producing this shoddy little website!
Given the fact that it's much more difficult and expensive to
produce a
paperback version
than an ebook, you may find yourself wondering whether it's worth the trouble to
produce a print version at all.
Trade
paperback is an industry term that lets readers know the book is made of higher quality materials,
produced in a larger size and offered at a higher price
than mass - market
paperbacks.
A bonus is that their ePub export function has enabled me to
produce eBooks that look as much like their
paperback brethren as possible, in much less time
than hand coding would take.
The publisher may wish to use your manuscript in ways other
than producing hardcover or
paperback print book editions.
You can't deny the eBook has less value
than a
paperback, and cost less to
produce, so please explain to me this thinking — because I don't get it, and as a result, most publishers can rot with their set the price methodology.
eBooks cost publishers far less to
produce, hence the «correct» price is lower
than the
paperback, always.
Unless you are talking small print runs the cost of physically
producing a book is less
than a dollar (assuming a
paperback best seller quantity of course).