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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhu's Librarian" data-source="post: 1956763" data-attributes="member: 11064">OK...I can't give you exact numbers, but seeing as I worked for a major publisher (after I worked in the bookstores), I'd guess that the cost to manufacture a $50 book is probably somewhere in the $15-18 range. But you have to look at the entire system, not just the manufacturing cost. It breaks down something like this: $50 book (retail price)Bookstore buys book at 42% discount off cover price from distributor = $29Distributor buys book from publisher at variable discount = +/- $20Publisher production costs = =/- $18Publisher pays writer, editor, artist, layout, publicity, marketing, copyediting, etc. Publisher profit per book = +/- $2 So the publisher is making around $2 per book (probably less), assuming that they don't have a poor selling title. I don't think it's the publisher who is making the most money. In most cases, it's the distibutor. The bookstore looks like it has the biggest discount, but in reality, it has more out of pocket costs to deal with. YesYes, manyNo it's not. It has to do with those "decent morals" you mentioned way back at the beginning of your post. Just because you can't see the person you are hurting doesn't mean that you aren't hurting anyone. And alot of those people you are hurting are probably reading your posts, since many of them post here on a regular basis. Let me guess, your pretty young, right? It's not about people resources, it's about morals and honesty. Sure, I've got a few burned music files (but not many), but 99% of them are bands that I wanted to listen to before I bought the album, then went out and bought the real CD. The others I didn't like well enough to buy the real thing, and don't listen to the burned copies at all. I have exactly 2 copied PDFs that I didn't buy or were not given to me by the publisher. Both of them were purchased by someone in my gaming group, and we are using them in the game I am currently running. The reason for copying them and not buying my own copy? Because the publisher, on their website, explicity gives permission to share the files with up to 8 people in your current gaming group.</blockquote>

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