Comments on: Price Parity Coming To The eBook Wars http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2009/07/02/price-parity-coming-to-the-ebook-wars/ A Practical Look At Mobile Life Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:03:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dgoldring http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2009/07/02/price-parity-coming-to-the-ebook-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-40351 dgoldring Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:56:50 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2009/07/02/price-parity-coming-to-the-ebook-wars/#comment-40351 John, just to clarify. I did not say that the cost of distribution or the cost of writing a book would be any different. Only the cost of production (printing 1 million copies of the same book). Basically because you do not have so many consumables. But it would be interesting to find the difference in cost. John, just to clarify. I did not say that the cost of distribution or the cost of writing a book would be any different. Only the cost of production (printing 1 million copies of the same book). Basically because you do not have so many consumables. But it would be interesting to find the difference in cost.

]]> By: John D. Sheridan http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2009/07/02/price-parity-coming-to-the-ebook-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-40337 John D. Sheridan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:33:37 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2009/07/02/price-parity-coming-to-the-ebook-wars/#comment-40337 "...the cost of producing an eBook, with no paper, ink, presses, or other overhead is significantly less than printing a book." I'd like to see some cost comparisons between the two. While E-books don't require the same equipment, they do require equipment of some kind, like computers and servers, network equipment, bandwidth costs, etc. They also would have the same or similar legal requirements, licensing, royalties, etc. I'm not disputing that it probably costs less, I'm just curious how the costs do compare. “…the cost of producing an eBook, with no paper, ink, presses, or other overhead is significantly less than printing a book.”

I’d like to see some cost comparisons between the two. While E-books don’t require the same equipment, they do require equipment of some kind, like computers and servers, network equipment, bandwidth costs, etc. They also would have the same or similar legal requirements, licensing, royalties, etc.

I’m not disputing that it probably costs less, I’m just curious how the costs do compare.

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