        What does Apple have to say about all this?
Sources: The New York Times, Reuters  Comments     Threshold
Don't understand why ebooks so expensive. By rameshms on
5/15/2013 1:55:58 PM , Rating: 2 Why should ebooks be as
expensive as a hardcopy ? There are no costs involved in
printing, transporting, storing and retail. Shouldn't the ebook
price be a fraction of the hardcopy (or paperback) for that
matter ?  What portion of a books retail price actually goes to
the author/publisher ?  RE: Don't understand why ebooks so
expensive. By Solandri on 5/15/2013 2:38:56 PM , Rating: 2
Actually, the cost to print a book is only about 30% of its
retail price.   For a regular (printed) book by a big-name
publisher, about 7%-20% of its price goes to the author. The
rest goes to the retailer and publisher. The author royalty is
low enough that self-publishing an ebook and having
iTunes/Amazon/Google take 30% (i.e. 70% to the author) is pretty
attractive.  We'll have to give it a decade or two to see how i