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Originally Posted by HarryT
I think they've made a mistake there - that's way too cheap. Baen's books cost at least $6 each, so that would be $4k-ish for 767 books.
Of course I've already bought them all, plus an awful lot which they no longer sell.
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Depends on their contract terms.
A bundle like that can be considered a promo effort, not unlike the CDs.
Their unbundled prices run $6 retail and their royalty may or not be the "industry standard" of 25% of net. And many contracts allow for promos and sales under deep-discount terms.
Figure a 50% discount for the mass buy to get the nominal price to $3 each and the royalty to 25% and Baen writes off their take as promo, advertising, or goodwill and you're there. (By the time this thread is dead they might get a good chunk of it back in eyeball action for their brand.
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Alternately, they might be bundling in their free titles from the CDs and bookkeeping the rest at higher prices or any of a dozen creative accounting tricks.
The amazing thing to me isn't the price but that they took the time to create a custom bundle. That just bought them a whole load of goodwill with me...and I was already impressed with their business and outreach practices.