After reading WV1951's rant, I wanted to share mine. Didn't want to Hi-jack his rant so I'm starting my own.
My rant of the day is about Amazon ebooks. I was looking at a book on Amazon. I see that the Kindle book is 25% more than the printed hardcopy version.
I'm not an expert, but for a printed version, someone has to move tree trunks, and/or recycled shavings & sawdust, and/or recycled paper to a pulp mill. Paper has to be manufactured and shipped to a printing facility. I'm sure printing press technology has improved dramatically but still each and every page has to have ink applied -- to both sides. The book cover is printed in color on heavier stock. The whole mess then has to be bound together. Then all those copies of the novel get put in boxes and loaded on trucks and railcars to be delivered to warehouses. Many copies are also shipped beyond that to actual retail locations. If someone orders the book from Amazon, it has to be retrieved from the warehouse and mailed to the person.
Contrast that with the kindle book. Guy types a novel on his laptop and uploads it. Purchaser downloads it.
How do they get away with this! :x
(I know, I need a hobby or something - haha)
My rant of the day is about Amazon ebooks. I was looking at a book on Amazon. I see that the Kindle book is 25% more than the printed hardcopy version.
I'm not an expert, but for a printed version, someone has to move tree trunks, and/or recycled shavings & sawdust, and/or recycled paper to a pulp mill. Paper has to be manufactured and shipped to a printing facility. I'm sure printing press technology has improved dramatically but still each and every page has to have ink applied -- to both sides. The book cover is printed in color on heavier stock. The whole mess then has to be bound together. Then all those copies of the novel get put in boxes and loaded on trucks and railcars to be delivered to warehouses. Many copies are also shipped beyond that to actual retail locations. If someone orders the book from Amazon, it has to be retrieved from the warehouse and mailed to the person.
Contrast that with the kindle book. Guy types a novel on his laptop and uploads it. Purchaser downloads it.
How do they get away with this! :x
(I know, I need a hobby or something - haha)