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Originally Posted by tompe
So what is the cost for that work? Maybe $3000? How many book do you have to sell to get back the cost? 1500-3000? Will really all backlist books sell in these numbers?
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I agree with you to a point although if I can scan, proof & make an ePub over my lunch hour for two weeks I'm not sure about the $3000 cost, especially when they're farming it out overseas.
How many they'll sell is definitely a consideration though. Will all of them do well? Of course not, but that's no different than backlist print books and with those they're also having to warehouse them, sometimes for years, until they sell (& for paperbacks writing off some copies and returns on hardcovers).