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Questions to do with fiction or nonfiction tomes, print or digital, either professionally or self-published.
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Why do hardcover books retail for more than three times the cost of softcover books?
The article Breakdown of book costs shows an example of the costs involved in making a hardcover book:
Based on a list price of $27.95
$3.55 - Pre-preduction - This amount covers editors, graphic
designers … There are other considerations in book pricing, but they seem to have more to do with how the bookselling industry works than with the book format, so I'm omitting them here. …
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