There are plenty of costs associated with ebooks. Servers, server maintenance, DRM(security on book file), software development, ebook devices, ect. That on top of what Ray, the editor, and the publisher get paid generates the price.
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 26, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > Except that I should not be charged for an 'electronic copy' after I have > paid for a real book. I wouldn't mind paying Ray the royalty he makes (or > should be!), but it takes exactly zero resources to make the electronic copy > once the real book is set and printed in this digital age and therefore they > do not deserve any additional money from me. > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Smith, Boyd W Mr CIV USN > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Raymond Feist <[email protected]> >> > Cost is only part of the issue. Realize that 90% of what you buy, >> > the price is set by the market. They charge that because people >> > pay it. >> > >> > Best, R.E.F. >> >> Which is exactly the way it should be. >> >> bws > > > > -- > Nick A > > "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a > single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of > Pennsylvania, 1759 > > "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the > streets after them." Bill Vaughan > > "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
