In the ongoing debate about the pricing and release dates of e-books, Dominique Raccah, CEO of Sourebooks, is voicing her opinion. The debate was recently sparked by Sourcebook’s decision to wait to release the e-book version their popular title Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse until after the hardcover copy’s release. She is of the opinion that a model for publishing in which an author and publishers can actually be sustained by their book sales needs to be developed, and she doesn’t think this is possible when e-books are priced at $9.99.
This raises a question for me. In fact, during a recent Q&A panel at CBC University I asked Dominique if e-book are cheaper to produce than printed books, and her answer was startlingly vague. So I’ll pose my question again. Are e-books as expensive to produce as printed books? It seems to me that they must not be.
In any case, you can read her full article on the subject over at Booksquare.
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