The price of an e-book

While I continue to wonder why the six major publishing houses don't get together and produce their own game-changing e-book reader that they control, I also think it's critical that they do a better job of explaining the finances of of the e-book to the general public.  

The industry cannot survive if readers believe that an e-book should cost a dollar. More has to be said about the true cost of producing a book, electronic or otherwise.

The New York Times did a decent job of explaining...