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Day: January 20, 2012

Posted on 20 January 20124 May 2012

Prices of electronic books

A quick browse of Amazon shows that many books available through the Kindle are priced around the same level as the physical product.  The cost of provision of these electronic books is much lower, however: printing costs, distribution costs, and even the margins to retails are either non-existent or significantly reduced.  Why, then, is there this equivalence in pricing?  Continue reading “Prices of electronic books”

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