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jkz4000 · 05-15-2011, 08:09 PM

It's 25% of what your publisher gets. He gets 75% of the 100% after the Ebooker takes his cut. If lucky you will be good for 1.47 per copy which is SOP. That's on a $9.99 retail. If you got an agent he/she gets 15% too from your end. The math will kill ya. Today a midlist and lowlist author would be better off selling Ebooks him/her/self since the split is better and if not currently in print the rights SHOULD revert back to you. Check your contract. With a publisher authors get a raw deal with Ebooks. Especially backlist books---called "The Long Tail". Check it out. That's why you got the letter so the pub can make money off your old title for essentially doing nothing. No brainer here pal.

05-15-2011, 08:09 PM	#12
jkz4000 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: le	It's 25% of what your publisher gets. He gets 75% of the 100% after the Ebooker takes his cut. If lucky you will be good for 1.47 per copy which is SOP. That's on a $9.99 retail. If you got an agent he/she gets 15% too from your end. The math will kill ya. Today a midlist and lowlist author would be better off selling Ebooks him/her/self since the split is better and if not currently in print the rights SHOULD revert back to you. Check your contract. With a publisher authors get a raw deal with Ebooks. Especially backlist books---called "The Long Tail". Check it out. That's why you got the letter so the pub can make money off your old title for essentially doing nothing. No brainer here pal. Last edited by jkz4000; 05-15-2011 at 08:13 PM.