[citation][nom]mac help[/nom]So the problem, as you see it, is NOT with Apple (who, in reality, is just an agent for the Publishers) but with the Publishers who want to charge more for this new and emerging technology.The problem here is that neither you nor I have the fainted idea of what costs are actually involved in printing a book. Or creating, publishing, and selling an eBook.[/citation]
Well, Apple played a part in this too. If not for Apple, it wouldn't have happened at all. Apple used the eBook publisher's greed to make more money in what seems to be an illegal way. Apple is just as much at fault for this, if not more so, because they seem to have been both the catalyst for it (it seems that it was Apple who first contacted the eBook publishers about this), Apple was the means for it, and Apple should be held accountable for it too.
I can't imagine the costs of making an eBook being greater than that of a hard cover book, especially with long books. In fact, I can't imagine the costs of an eBook being anywhere near that of a paper-back book, let alone a hard cover book. It's the same words, except instead of spending money on ink, paper, the glue to hold it all together with in the spine (or any other method used for holding the book together, I'm not an expert on books), and for hard cover books, the hard covers. The eBooks should be substantially cheaper to make and distribute.