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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Well, now they have to pay Amazon a cut. That money has to come from somewhere and at 6 dollars (or less) per book, it would be hard to be profitable. There are a lot of long-term expenses with any business (healthcare costs, 401k or retirement, ongoing salaries, etc). Some books break even and never sell much past that. Other books carry that load.
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They're backlist titles. It's essentially found money thanks to being able to offer them in e-book form as opposed to them simply being out of print.
And let's not forget, some of the books they are offering are by long dead people.