Why Do eBooks Cost So Much? A Publisher's Perspective.
Publishers still have to pay for acquisitions, royalties, editorial development, copyediting, cover and interior design, page composition, cataloging, sales, marketing, publicity, merchandising (yes, even in a digital world), credit, collections, accounting, legal, tax, and the all the usual costs associated with running a publishing house.
In addition, publishers have to incur at least three new costs…
