Thread: Yet another thumb of the nose from publishers
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Old 10-12-2010, 02:43 AM   #106
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Originally Posted by mrscoach View Post
You are assuming the publishers got LESS from Amazon for the Kindle version of the books than they did the HB version. If that is the case then I can see your point, but I don't believe this is so. I could be wrong. Amazon pays contracted price per Kindle version sold, no matter how much Amazon sells to the public for.

Amazon currently pays out 70% of the cover price on ebooks to the publisher, which I imagine is MUCH better than the margin on the HB. (note PD books only pay out 30%)


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