You are starting your own Internet business. You decide to form a company
that will sell cookbooks online. Justcookbooks.com is scheduled to launch 6
months from today. You estimate that the annual cost of this business will be as
follows: 

Part I

Deliverable Length: 1 graph plus calculations

You must give up your full-time job, which paid $50,000 per year, and you
worked part-time for half of the year.

The average retail price of the cookbooks will be $30, and their average cost
will be $20.

Assume that the equation for demand is Q = 10,000 – 9,000P, where

Q = the number of cookbooks sold per month

P = the retail price of books.

Show what the demand curve would look like if you sold the books between $25
and $35.

Part II

Deliverable Length: 1,000–1,500 words

Address the following questions:

1. What is the elasticity of the demand for cookbooks bought this way?
2. Is the business worth pursuing so far?
3. Why or why not?
4. Suppose that you expect to sell about 22,000 cookbooks per month online, and
   assume your overhead, technology, and equipment costs are fixed. What are your
   total costs?
5. What are your marginal costs?
6. What are the implications of operating in the short run and the long run?
7. As your business grows, how must you consider the issues regarding
   diminishing marginal returns and economies of scale?
8. What market structure have you entered, and why?
9. What can you do to guarantee success in this market?
10. Can you use price discrimination in this business?
11. What pricing strategy might you use?