Traditional Books versus Digital Books

I’ve been thinking about the rapid move towards eBooks we’re witnessing right now and came across a pretty interesting related graphic/chart by Newsweek.

Here’s a few snippets from the comparison:

• $4.05 average production cost for $26 hardcover
• $0.50 average production cost for $9.99 eBook download

• $3.90 average author royalty per paper book
• $2.12 average author royalty per eBook download

There is plenty of additional, interesting statistics. Head over to Newsweek to see the complete comparison.

I don’t see traditional paper books ever going away completely, but I do see a continuation of this shift towards eBooks for many purposes as the cost of eReaders continues to decline.

This post republished from GeekTonic.