[citation][nom]booklover[/nom]Having worked in a bookstore for years, and having been on technology for two decades, it's likely the printing and shipping costs of a traditional book have been replaced with the higher costs of technology. Server space that need to be upgraded frequently, bandwidth costs, a technology staff with higher salary costs, publishers reworking ebooks to the latest technology standard and updates which could change frequently (print books can just get reprinted), etc. Have you ever checked out the cost for making a *good* app or for converting an ebook so it looks good on-screen for each device? It can be expensive to develop. If you're familiar with cost-benefits, it could take a lot more sales to recoup costs when a price is too low. If I don't like an ebook price, then I either don't buy it, borrow it from the library; or, buy the print version (new or used) which no one can take from me and I can still read if I lose power or my charger for a few days.[/citation]
I use the Stanza PC app to convert ebooks.. It will read about 20 different formats and will allow you to export any source file to just about any format you want too.. Stanza was also the best ereader app available for iOS.. Much better than Amazons Kindle app, but then Amazon took over Stanza when it bought Lexcycle and is not going to release a version compatible with iOS5... So I just use the PC app to convert..