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The eBook fixing collusion is so obvious. I remember when eBooks where $4 because it makes sense -- no printing, no shipping, that's what it should cost. Now it's $16.99 for some eBook, and I think it's a disgrace because authors and customers get screwed with the rigged pricing.

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You're not paying for shipping and printing, you're paying for writing. If you want a shipment of bound, blank pages, you can get that for $4 any time.

Uh, no. You're paying for middlemen (printing, marketing, big publishing, etc) . Authors typically take 10 to 15%, either of royalties or net profit.

I've never paid for a printed ebook.

Well no shit. You were arguing that the significant portion of the cost of physical books is the writing. It's not.

No, I was arguing that one should not expect ebooks should not be massively cheaper than paper books just because they aren't printed. There's still a lot to pay for.

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