In my opinion, this is a great companion piece to the burnt toast piece from a little while back. The pressure is on publishers and bible software developers to respond though – consumers will vote with their attention and wallets. Check out this snippet from K. Purcell’s piece:

…But the better Bible software engines do more to the book than they do to a dead tree edition. So it takes extra effort to make a Bible software copy of a book and it has added functionality. So why not make it cost more? Digits do not cost any money to reproduce after the original file has been produced. With a book, there is a cost witch every copy of that book that is sold. The cost is tied up in the actual paper and ink, the storage while the book is waiting to be sent to the customer or the store, and the cost of the sending. With an ebook you simple copy it to a new location…

Read the rest at KevinPurcell.com and watch those pennies.