you produced any e-books? Do you have any idea what you are tiaklng about?I've released two and they do cost next to nothing. As for typography and what not, SIFT book reviews said "This is the most professional design - both inside and out - that I have seen since I started reviewing at SIFT."The difference between print book and e-books is that all costs for e-books are sunk costs (editing, design, formatting). In other words, you pay once to produce it and you can make infinite copies of it, and (in theory) sell infinite amounts at zero extra cost.With print books, each time you go back to the printer it costs you more money. But there are other costs with print books - typesetting, printing, layout, distribution, and storage, that you don't have with e-books.But the biggest thing is returns. Returns are what is killing the publishing industry. What other business destroys half the product it produces?Returns don't really exist with e-books, or at least, when a customer returns an e-book it doesn't cost you anything.Of course e-books should be cheaper. Significantly cheaper. But all those Manhattan office buildings won't pay for themselves.
by Cahiye 01:13:16 AM 2013.10.24 |