Why are eBooks so expensive? I'm discovering the convenience of reading on my laptop, but I don't know the best place to buy eBooks. Help?

E-books still have the same authorial and editorial costs as print books, even if they don't have the same printing and storage costs. Lots of people think that e-books should be insanely cheap because you don't have to pay to print and ship them. But as many publishers will tell you, printing and shipping are often the least of the costs associated with books.

You still have to pay authors' advances, the costs involved with editing and typesetting the manuscript, promotional and publicity costs, and everything else except the printing and shipping costs. Another factor is that publishers often set e-book costs at the same rate as printed book costs so that the e-book sales will not cannibalize print book sales. After all, unsold print books must be stored, and (if hardcover) shipped back to the publisher for pulping or reselling to discount-table vendors.

When given the choice between selling an e-book which does not have these costs or selling a print book, it is no surprise that a publisher would prefer a customer buy the print book.

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