The costs of publishing an ebook are not zero
The costs of publishing an ebook are not zero. That is, if you have any interest at all in a quality product. No one goes around suggesting that everyone should become their own autonomous cheesemakers and cheering the death of the cheese industry. Why? Because that would result in a lot of shitty cheese.
— Catherynne M. Valente, The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)