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Quote: Originally Posted by caliminius Yes, it's just f__king wonderful that Apple can FORCE the prices of content higher to make their own product more attractive. That they can FORCE part of the playing field to be leveled so that the rest tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iGenius Agree. But that is not what is meant by the term marginal cost. Apologizes, I find I did misuse the term. However, I believe that Melgross has it right. Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It never a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by andyapple Here's the article about it in the NYTimes. What I can't understand is that under the new arrangement, Amazon will get 30% of the proceeds from ebooks, whereas previously they had been purchasing rights wh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iGenius Generally, the price of a product trends towards its marginal cost of production, unless I misunderstand some sort of basic of economics 101. The marginal cost of an eBook approaches zero. What you descri…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B Apple has become a major digital distributor. Publishing is a whole other animal. And publishing is just what Amazon wishes to do. To get their new terms of only 30% cut going to Amazon, they get a licen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iGenius Please look up the phrase "marginal cost". The rest of your post does not discuss marginal costs of production, but instead, other types of costs. I think his point is correct. Those other costs are amortiz…