A $7.00 mass-market paperback probably costs the publisher between $0.50 and $1.00 per copy to get printed and bound.
$3.50 (at least) will go to the distributor/retailer
$0.50 will go to the author
The remaining $2.00-$2.50 goes to the publisher. Out of which they have to pay the editor, cover artists, advertising, and the cost of books that don't sell.
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Originally Posted by EdwardM
If I had actually been able to find what I wanted through official means, I wouldn't have had to resort to the means that I acquired by "library" through. While I know I'll never read it all, since my reader (Sony 505) will display .rtf and .pdf like a champ, it's not hard for me to take anything and convert it.
I'd actually buy books if the publishers were pricing them they way e-books were promised several years ago - cover cost minus production cost. If a $6.99 book cost $5.00 to print and ship, I should expect to pay $1.99, not $6.99.
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