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Originally Posted by taustin
Apparently, he is unware of how little of the cover price of a book is to pay for paper, ink, and getting it in to the store to buy. Generally, 10-15%, according to industry insiders.
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
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Hmm... I wonder if those "industry insiders" use those figures when dealing
with authors and their agents? Have you heard of Creative Accounting?
When the book buying public comes to not need a supply of pbooks that
exceeds the amount of ebooks they consume, and the production of a
pbook is not a part of the book production process anymore, we may find
less use of such figures. When the author can produce his/her own ebook
and acquire such a following that even the pbook publishing houses take
interest, all on their own, the $35 pbook may find it hard to compete with
the $10 ebook. I wonder if the "industry insiders" will be telling the authors
"Hey we can get $35 a copy for your book, if we make a pbook!, why settle
for what the ebook gives you?".
Luck;
Ken