Comment on “Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]

Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• hi_its_me@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Honest question. Why should it be? Isn’t the actual print of the book a very small fraction of the cost? The majority of the cost is the IP. If for example a book is $50 and the book costs $1 to print are you saying that it should be $49 and that’s the point that would convince you to purchase?

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  • Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No production, storage, shipping… You think all of that costs $1? Also not every book is $50. A lot are way cheaper than that (around $10). So even $1 would be %10 which is not just a very small fraction (but again it’s more than that). See below for a screenshot of Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone. Kindle edition is even more expensive than the paper copy ($10 vs $7). Not only that it is not more expensive for no reason but it is about 40% more expensive compared to the $7 price of the physical copy (and I don’t think I have to say this but I don’t think that’s a small fraction). Image

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