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aande46461 · 01-26-2012, 10:56 PM

JD Gumby hit it on the head.. The print copies are sold at wholesale prices so it leaves room for stores to slide price. As far as eBooks the percentage is usually 20-30%; if you have an agent it's usually 30%; if you self publish it's 20%. The ebook has eliminated the need for publishing houses when it comes to the Kindle, Nook, Ibook store, Sony reader etc... The game is changing... It just maybe that they dropped the price to compete with the digital version.. That's something to think about... I'm a self published author and my title is available on these readers and I only pay out 20% and didn't need a publisher to make this happen...

ANTWAN 'ANT' BANK$ Author of Made; Sex,Drugs and Murder,The Recipe for Success

01-26-2012, 10:56 PM	#23
aande46461 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: none	JD Gumby hit it on the head.. The print copies are sold at wholesale prices so it leaves room for stores to slide price. As far as eBooks the percentage is usually 20-30%; if you have an agent it's usually 30%; if you self publish it's 20%. The ebook has eliminated the need for publishing houses when it comes to the Kindle, Nook, Ibook store, Sony reader etc... The game is changing... It just maybe that they dropped the price to compete with the digital version.. That's something to think about... I'm a self published author and my title is available on these readers and I only pay out 20% and didn't need a publisher to make this happen... ANTWAN 'ANT' BANK$ Author of Made; Sex,Drugs and Murder,The Recipe for Success Last edited by aande46461; 01-26-2012 at 10:59 PM. Reason: typo