Of course, DMP’s DRM probably added a lot more to the cost than just the things you mentioned. Coming up with their flash player and converting the books to be read in it is probably about half the online price.

Ok, I’m curious about this comment. Because it’s e-content, and not print– do you think it should be cheaper? When it comes to Japanese licenses, the company still must pay a percentage per book sold to the mangaka/rights holder; just because there’s no massive overhead like printing–doesn’t mean that the pricing should be a $1 a download because no one is printing it.

There’s bandwidth charges, licensing royalties, and writing the hard files to digital– none of this free, just because the book isn’t printed on paper and sold in stores.

Not trying to flame or anything, but I see this attitude come up alot– that eContent should be drastically reduced in price…but the truth is, it still took the artist the same amount of time to draw it, and that artist still wants a proper percentage from licensing.