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Originally Posted by bmfrosty
He only gets 35% of the kindle sale? I had no idea it was that bad.
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That's presumably because you've never looked. The information is clearly stated on their author sign-up page. Mobipocket pay the same, by the way (and before anyone moans about Amazon "conspiracies", they did so
before they were bought by Amazon).
Getting a book on Amazon or Mobipocket (who have dozens of resellers) gives you exposure to a hugely greater audience than self-publishing does. I certainly consider the percentage to be entirely reasonable.
Note also, by the way, that the 35% is of LIST price. If a retailer has a "sale" as, for example, stores like BooksOnBoard and Fictionwise often do, it doesn't affect the amount that the author getss; the discount comes from the retailer's portion of the price.