Editing Compact disc (section)

== Manufacture, cost, and pricing ==
{{Main|Compact Disc manufacturing}}
[[File: Compact disk data layer 2d 3d.PNG|thumb|right|Individual pits are visible on the micrometer scale.]]

In 1995, material costs were 30 cents for the jewel case and 10 to 15 cents for the CD. The wholesale cost of CDs was $0.75 to $1.15, while the typical retail price of a prerecorded music CD was $16.98.<ref name="cd costs">{{cite news |author=Neil Strauss |date=5 July 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/05/arts/pennies-that-add-up-to-16.98-why-cd-s-cost-so-much.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Pennies That Add Up to $16.98: Why CD's Cost So Much – New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=25 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811000713/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/05/arts/pennies-that-add-up-to-16.98-why-cd-s-cost-so-much.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archive-date=11 August 2013 }}</ref> On average, the store received 35 percent of the retail price, the record company 27 percent, the artist 16 percent, the manufacturer 13 percent, and the distributor 9 percent.<ref name="cd costs"/> When [[8-track cartridges]], [[compact cassette]]s, and CDs were introduced, each was marketed at a higher price than the format they succeeded, even though the cost to produce the media was reduced. This was done because the perceived value increased. This continued from [[phonograph record]]s to CDs, but was broken when [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] marketed MP3s for $0.99, and albums for $9.99. The incremental cost, though, to produce an MP3 is negligible.<ref>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Harmon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/arts/music-what-price-music.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=MUSIC; What Price Music? |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=12 October 2003 |access-date=25 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512175059/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/arts/music-what-price-music.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archive-date=12 May 2013 }}</ref>