Not exact matches
Clearly the expectation that ebooks should
cost a lot less than paper copies of the books because of
lower marginal
costs of
production doesn't match the reality that marginal
cost of
production really IS marginal even for paper books.
If
production costs for books
really are as
low as several of you claim, it's quite amazing how little of the remaining pie goes to authors.
Another factor that has
really changed the market recently is that digital distribution removes the
production costs that used to suppress publisher ability to flood the market with
low cost back catalog items.
He surprised me by suggesting that BD isn't
really the way to fly considering its high
cost; in terms of dollars relative to regular diesel (including the federal bio-subsidy),
lower BTU, and especially displacement of agricultural land to
production of fuel crops.