RE: Article: The e-book era is here (despite reports to the contr ary) ?

["Swallow, William" <WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com>]

One word: security.

The eBooks need to be secure in creation and secure in distribution. This
has a cost on it as well. Plus, it's the whole supply and demand thing. The
demand is low, the supply is (or should be) generated on demand, therefore
cost is up.

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-----Original Message-----
It's really hard for me to see why steps 2-6 above equate to a similar cost
to steps 2-3 below. It would appear to me that given similar markets, the
cost for an e-book should be far below the cost of a paperback.

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