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Originally Posted by pdurrant
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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Should not it be the other way around?
3.50 to author, 2.00 to publisher and 1 to retailer?
However, if the scheme mentioned above is true, then ebooks should cost US peanuts because $3.50 (at least) will go to the distributor/retailer costs are eliminated?