That's an interesting way to look at vanity publishing. Before ebooks and before Amazon, there were vanity publishers who would publish your book (any book) if you pay them. So if traditional publishers rejected your book, you could get it published yourself. You front the money. Nowadays there are other ways of getting your book "out there."
What I was trying to ask originally: how does agency pricing affect "the big guys?" Let's say Dan Brown, for example (Random House author). How much was he making per ebook yesterday, and has that changed today with the new prices and new model? And how does it compare to how much he makes per hardcover or paperback?
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