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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
The ebook-store is always making money unless they sell it for free. The loss gets pushed over to the publisher / author.
Someone with better insights please correct me if I am way off.
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In general for non-agency books the retailer pays a percentage of the books list price (say 50%, but it varies) if the retailer discounts below that percentage then they're making nothing and/or taking a loss depending on where they've priced things.
There are instances where a retailer will cut special deals with a publisher where they have a sale (like a theme sale or xx books for $$$ or less type sale) and those specific books are sold to the retailer at a much lower price and therefore the publisher and author make less.