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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Note that Baen/Webscriptions sell DRM-free eBooks for $6.00 each even when those books first come out in hardcover! And their average selling price is actually lower than $6 due to bundles and other discounts. And yes, they are profitable.
Xenophon
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My only quibble would be that the $6 represents a wholesale price since no retailer is involved (and thus equates to $12 retail), and your - and their - definition of profitable may not be enough. What's their ROI? There are a lot of business eeking our a living for the love of what they do, but in a larger business sense, I wouldn't really consider them "profitable."