• moopet@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    I don’t, but the other costs, like management, promotion, formatting, etc., are shared by traditional print books.

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      10 hours ago

      Typesetting, ISBN registration, image editing (if any), royalty processing, platform specific promotion, and more are not shared.

      I’m not saying they should be greedy. I’m saying we shouldn’t underestimate the effort of producing and selling an ebook. Most publishers are barely profitable due to how the industry works.