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Originally Posted by kennyc
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Excellent find.
I'll have to bookmark her blog.
And her husband's.
I've read both of their work before (pbooks) but I wasn't aware they were deep into ebooks and independent publishing.
Try this one:
http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=6481
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So, if you sell 20,000 copies traditional, you make $8,500. If you sell 20,000 copies indie over the same ten years, you make $86,000.00
In fact, by selling only 2,000 copies over ten years, (or about 17 copies across all sites and in paper per month), you will make about $75 per month or $9,000, which is more than you would have made traditionally.
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Not the first time I've seen these kind of reports on BPH practices.
But yes, that's a pretty solid way of saying that, yes, BPHs routinely ripoff most authors.
Note I emphasize BPHs.
Some publishers out there do treat authors fairly and earn their keep honestly and don't collude to break the law and rip off customers as well as authors to perpetuate their fraying oligarchy.
But the ones that do...
...well, those deserve everything they've got coming.