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Old 10-28-2016, 05:06 PM   #341
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Originally Posted by ratinox View Post
Yes it is. That's the price of publishing directly through a service provider like Amazon or Apple.
That's the price of selling anything anywhere. What is wholesale vs. retail except for skimming off the top of every product sold everywhere.

Point is, keeping eBooks "in print" does have a negligible cost. If the site charges you nothing except for a small percentage of any unit sold, then the cost to the publisher of keeping that book available (once it exists) is essentially zero.
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