Comments on: Book Cost Analysis – Cost of Physical Book Publishing

By: Publishing Cost Breakdown | Curtis Bridges

Publishing Cost Breakdown | Curtis Bridges — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:58:29 +0000

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By: Publishing Cost Breakdown | Curtis Bridges

Publishing Cost Breakdown | Curtis Bridges — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:55:29 +0000

[...] came across this blog entry because I was curious to see an analysis on the costs of books. Specifically, I wanted to see [...]

By: 8 Obstacles That Ad-Supported E-Publishing Must Overcome

8 Obstacles That Ad-Supported E-Publishing Must Overcome — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:43:28 +0000

[...] publishers should be able to shave enough costs to remain viable. If we extrapolate from the book publishing model, publishers could reduce as much as 65 percent of their publishing costs for retailing, [...]

By: 8 Obstacles That Ad-Supported E-Publishing Must Overcome | E-investing

8 Obstacles That Ad-Supported E-Publishing Must Overcome | E-investing — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:02:09 +0000

By: Naomi Shields

Naomi Shields — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:18:34 +0000

Hello AMAZON and the PUBLISHERS…we are not stupid!!! I have a Kindle (actually my 4th)…but I am dismayed by the escalating prices..conveniently tagged by Amazon as set by the publisher…Such GREED. I was and am willing to buy books when the ebook price is much less then published price..after all you are not printing, paying someone to print, distributing,etc. To see the price now at 12.99, 16.99, etc is nothing but SHEER GREED. I will not do this, I will wait for it in paperback at my used book store..for $4 or less. I was and am willing to pay 9.99 to get it early..but not to be taken advantage of…And I am avid reader…8-10 books/week. Your loss for upping the price and being so greedy. Doesn’t matter the platform.

By: Costes de libros, Libranda, y el suicidio con el DRM « Ricardo Galli, de software libre

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:20:33 +0000

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By: Black Friday Shopping: The Low Cost of Books | Beyond The Margins

Black Friday Shopping: The Low Cost of Books | Beyond The Margins — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:01:50 +0000

[...] unhappiness from this. I’ll be told that I don’t understand. I’ll get tons of charts and analysis. And I hate to make folks unhappy, so I’ll need to relax. The average price of a massage is [...]

By: Ron Pope

Ron Pope — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:29:30 +0000

These are very astute and intelligent responses from some very smart people. Here’s a response from a simple book fan: I love books but my shelf space is limited and entirely filled with hard back editions. I have a Kindle and continue to read while enjoying the convenience of the e-book. However, I feel I am getting fleeced by Amazon. Example, the new Grisham book cost twenty-three cents less in the Kindle Store than the hard cover book costs. Amazon claims the publisher sets the price, however, this is hard to accept in today’s retail environment. I feel they (Amazon) are simple exploiting their captured market of Kindle readers by jacking up the cost of new e-books. This is the result of having zero competition; I can only by Kindle books from Amazon. My solution is to build more bookshelves!

By: | Making A Living With Your Online Writing

| Making A Living With Your Online Writing — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:58:43 +0000

[...] So what is the point of this as far as eWriting is concerned? The thing is, we still value the container more than the contents when it comes to books. There are more costs associated in printing ink onto a collection of paper pages and binding them together than there is expense incurred in producing an electronic book, a file in other words. Nevertheless, we still, as a society, seem to think the same words printed on paper are worth more than if we were to read them on a screen or some other device. If the contents cost so little compared to the container and the process required to get the container into the customer’s hands and then back to the factory to be refilled, like with the softdrinks in the Philippines then I would understand the mindset. The truth, however, is that the portion of the cost of a book that is directly related to the manufacture of the book and even the distribution, is not even half the RRP (recommended retail price). Printing the book accounts for around 10% of the rrp. Here is a break up found at the blog ‘Kindle Review-Kindle Fire Review, Kindle 4 Review’ [...]

By: e-Crooks |

e-Crooks | — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:13:54 +0000

[...] available about why e-books cost as much as they do, one of the better ones I found was here: Book Cost Analysis. I am not going to go into an entire analysis of the costs, but suffice to say that at a maximum, [...]