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Originally Posted by Andybaby
for the NYT best sellers, I've heard the publishers are getting the same price they would for a hard cover. so they should get similar royalties. but in regards to the thousands of books that go for around 5.00 each. I don't see why they would get royalties based on if it was a 9 dollar sale.
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I think the reason is that on a $9.00 paperback book's sale, the publisher is unlikely to get more than $4.00 from the distributor/wholesaler, and its from that $4.00 that the publisher's printing (and any other) cost comes out, along with the author's royalty.
Whereas for a $5.00 eBook, the publisher could and should (by being selective as to how and/or through what company they sell) be getting close to the $4.00 still and could be getting all $5.00... and, of course, they have no printing costs, shipping costs, storage costs, nor (probably) additional advertising costs.
So, in effect, the sale of a $5.00 eBook could bring the publisher in more than the sale a $9.00 pBook... so there is no need for the otherwise (somewhat more) understandable stinginess with author's royalties.
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Originally Posted by Andybaby
anyone can publish an Ebook, so the author should get more money for an Ebook. the only people getting money off an ebook sale are the Author, The editor, and the advertiser.
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Unless people want professional looking ebooks... in which case either a publisher has to be involved, or the author has to pay somebody else (whether royalties or a one-time fee) to do the publishing/eBook-making for them.
But, as the words leave my fingertips, I remember that I am the only person who can tell the difference between a professionally typeset book and one that could have readily been produced by a reasonably studious high-school student... so never mind.
- Ahi