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You've got it right, Karen. Ebooks (as with the basic principle of PoD) are non-inventory. Retailers don't hold stock. They provide only a shop window There's nothing on the shelves inside and nobody at a counter to add a human face between publisher/author and reader. You place an order based on your choice from the window display, pay in advance, and the goods are delivered from a file base. In the old days of PoD, the system was the same (in fact, it still largely is) and Amazon and others negotiated commissions areound 25% with publishers. Now some online retail shops are often demanding the same penal retail commissions as the brick-and-mortar stores with their stock, storage, staff, building, etc, etc, overheads. Cheers. Neil
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