Here’s a link to a very funny piece by the Atlantic’s Michael Kinsley called “Book Publishing in the Digital Age: A Reality Check.”
The most encouraging part of the post is its reference to a New York Times article (Read that here. An interesting breakdown of publishing costs.) that says publishers are finally admitting eBooks cost less to produce than their paperback and hard cover progenitors.
That truth was already as much as admitted when some large publishing houses inked deals with Amazon and Apple iPad to raise eBook prices from the Amazon $9.99 baseline. The prices they demanded, while still high, were much lower than the price of their dead tree equivalents.  This was something they had been reluctant to do in the past, with hysterical publishing professionals justifying high eBook prices by citing shipping and storing as costs they still had to cover.
Kinsley’s crafted a very entertaining, informative post. Enjoy!
