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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
The "lifespan" of a book is different now than it was 10 years ago.
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The revenue-generation "lifespan" of an ebook is to all intents and purposes the length of copyright control. On the order of 100 years...
And with the current corporate terms of 25% of net (with "net" arbitrarily defined as whatever the publisher says) the publisher gets a minimum 3x what the creator earns. For 100 years. Sweet deal, huh?
For a midlist title on a current $4k advance even a sales rate of 10 book a month will earn out in eight years and generate profits long before that. The only way the corporate publishers lose money on ebooks is through funky accounting ala Hollywood.