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Originally Posted by bobcdy
Recently I searched google for copyright royalty costs, and found one sample contract that specified 10% of the retail costs for each book sold.
If an ebook sells for $10.00, then the royalties on each sold copy will be $1.00. While the publisher loses $1.00 there is still the remainder that goes to the publisher and the retailer.
Would that really seriously hinder reprinting books as ebooks because the cost of the reprinting and maintaining availability is so low compared to print books?
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The cost of scanning and proofing and layout must be paid upfront (or else your have no product), Will they consistently get their money back? Most publisher don't want to make that bet, for books decades out of print.