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Old 04-03-2011, 03:52 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
They'll probably make as much, possibly more, money by not acting as her publisher.

As the publisher they wouldn't get that much bigger a slice of the pie, and would have lots of costs including the advance and editing.

The deal with Amazon wouldn't make sense to Hocking, who says she wanted to work with a publisher to test out the traditional advantages (advances, editors, marketing). Amazon has none of that, so why bother?
What kind of cut does Amazon get from ebook sales? I didn't want to assume anything, especially since at one point they were taking a loss on them or barely breaking even. I'll assume that's ancient history, since everyone appears to talk as though Amazon went from fighting with publisher prices and eating losses to raking in fat cash from ebooks, but I don't know the details.

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Originally Posted by Giggleton View Post
Amazon sells the expression of ideas, keep that in mind at all times.
I'll keep it in mind when my protein bars and replacement water filter arrives from them.
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