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<blockquote data-quote="Janaxstrus" data-source="post: 5878244" data-attributes="member: 3201">I work on the IT side for a printing company (lots of technical manuals, some text books, etc).&nbsp; Depending on the type of printer used, it can go from 20 cents (digital color) a page to as low as less than a penny a page (black and white).&nbsp; Due to the costs being all over the place, it's hard to guess what it runs for a book.As for the IT costs, you are seriously underestimating them.&nbsp; Assuming only 4 people support all of DDi from the IT side, you'd be looking at 16-20K a month in just salary.&nbsp; This would mean over 3K subscribers are needed JUST to pay the salaries.&nbsp; Hosting, bandwidth and infrastructure costs would increase that.&nbsp; So, 1% of their costs being IT would be, in my opinion, a gross underestimation.That being said, I doubt they are losing money or even just breaking even.&nbsp; DDI is obviously a moneymaker, just a question of how much compared to book sales.&nbsp; That we will likely never know unless they list it all seperately in their tax filings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janaxstrus, post: 5878244, member: 3201"] I work on the IT side for a printing company (lots of technical manuals, some text books, etc). Depending on the type of printer used, it can go from 20 cents (digital color) a page to as low as less than a penny a page (black and white). Due to the costs being all over the place, it's hard to guess what it runs for a book. As for the IT costs, you are seriously underestimating them. Assuming only 4 people support all of DDi from the IT side, you'd be looking at 16-20K a month in just salary. This would mean over 3K subscribers are needed JUST to pay the salaries. Hosting, bandwidth and infrastructure costs would increase that. So, 1% of their costs being IT would be, in my opinion, a gross underestimation. That being said, I doubt they are losing money or even just breaking even. DDI is obviously a moneymaker, just a question of how much compared to book sales. That we will likely never know unless they list it all seperately in their tax filings. [/QUOTE]

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