Re: [ubuntu-uk] e-books without Adobe Digital Editions
On 08/11/10 22:46, Bruno Girin wrote: Thanks for the epubbooks link, I shall definitely have a browse! Not sure about your tinyurl though :-) Ooops - here's one that works: **http://tinyurl.com/krlta **- I got bored trying to figure out how to actually find and download free epubs though. Think you can only access it if you're American so that's not a lot of use. * *And there's this:* http://www.bookrix.com/?gclid=CMuyh-jlk6UCFRn-2AodnwrjLQ *Most of all, I'd love to know how it is that digital book production and distribution - which has to be much cheaper than print surely - wants £16 per copyrighted book when I can get a print copy physically mailed to me for less than 25% of that price? Well, I mean, if you don't want people to steal stuff . . . * *Paula* * -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] e-books without Adobe Digital Editions
On 9 November 2010 13:13, pmgazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Most of all, I'd love to know how it is that digital book production and distribution - which has to be much cheaper than print surely - wants £16 per copyrighted book when I can get a print copy physically mailed to me for less than 25% of that price? Well, I mean, if you don't want people to steal stuff . . . Paula Most of the costs are not down to distribution and printing (think editing, marketing, copy-editing, artwork, etc., etc.). Also, there are economies of scale that bring the price of physical books down. So the actual differential is much smaller than you'd expect. There can also be differences in the contract with the author that affect the price of the digital copy. I agree that the example you quoted is extreme though. The price *should* be about the same. Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] e-books without Adobe Digital Editions
On 09/11/10 15:40, Neil Greenwood wrote: On 9 November 2010 13:13, pmgazzpmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Most of all, I'd love to know how it is that digital book production and distribution - which has to be much cheaper than print surely - wants £16 per copyrighted book when I can get a print copy physically mailed to me for less than 25% of that price? Well, I mean, if you don't want people to steal stuff . . . Paula Most of the costs are not down to distribution and printing (think editing, marketing, copy-editing, artwork, etc., etc.). Also, there are economies of scale that bring the price of physical books down. So the actual differential is much smaller than you'd expect. There can also be differences in the contract with the author that affect the price of the digital copy. I agree that the example you quoted is extreme though. The price *should* be about the same. Cofion/Regards, Neil. All the editing etc has to be done for the print copy anyway, and an e book has none of the costs of physical book. Such as distribution, handling, printing, staffing the shop, pulping the ones that don't sell! E books should be considerably cheaper, only trouble is the book world is scared stiff of them. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
