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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Amazon is taking 56% for each of his books sold. What a rip off!
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They take 65% for most of the books I sell. (Public domain books, even with added material, aren't eligible for the 70% option.)
He does mis-state one bit. Amazon don't take 30% and then $2.58 delivery fee. They take the $2.58 delivery fee, and then 30% of the remainder.
i.e. they don't leave him $9.99*0.7-$2.58 = $4.41
they leave him ($9.99-$2.58)*0.7 = $5.19
that is, with the delivery fee, Amazon's cut is 48% of the sale, not 56%.
Also, don't forget that the delivery fee doesn't just cover one download. It covers an indefinite number of downloads to any of the devices registered to the account.