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| From | MCGaudio@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: for Stewart and the subscribers to eMusic |
| Date | Tue, 8 May 2007 23:52:45 EDT |
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Plus you're also eliminating the shipping and warehousing costs, returns
costs, breakage/shortage losses, and cold inventory costs. Overhead is without a
doubt reduced, especially if you have large numbers of returns or unsold
product, which is increasingly common in the record industry.
Mark
"Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Digital distribution does NOT reduce overhead. A $100,000 album STILL costs
>
> $100,000 whether you put it on a CD or send it into the ether as an MP3 --
> you're eliminating manufacturing costs, but all the other pre-production,
> production, marketing and promotion costs STILL exist.
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