Like for real, it makes NO sense at all
In: Economics
Because it’s the same book. Books are “value priced”…they charge what they believe customers think the book it worth. Since it’s the same book, it’s the same(ish) price.
The marginal cost to print a physical book is tiny for virtually all books; the only ones where it even kind of matters are really big ones with lots of color and fancy stuff and, even then, the cost of production is a tiny fraction of the sale price.
Basically, the price you pay has nothing to do with what it costs to make the book…it’s all about what the company paid the author and what the reader will pay, which aren’t any different between a digital and physical book.
Side note: value price is more common than commodity pricing. *Anything* branded or unique in some way, like any art (books, music, TV, movies, etc.) is value priced, which means that the price isn’t directly connected to the production cost. Only true commondities that are interchangeable and highly competitive, like gas or bananas or paper, are going to be priced relative to their production cost.
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