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I'd be interested to see what the financials really are in regards to a typical new hardback book. Is Amazon really losing money on ebooks they sell at $9.99? How much does a hardback actually make after you deduct the cost of printing, distribution, and the discount from unsold books returned to the publisher? What is the author's percentage?
Something about the Hatchette CEO just rubs me the wrong way. He seems to be complaining about Amazon, complaining about free public domain books, and complaining about ebooks in general. I don't know enough about the book business to say he's not justified in complaining, but I still doubt I'd invest in Hatchette.
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