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Originally Posted by daffy4u
What percentage would they get going through a publisher? More or less?
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You're not comparing the same thing at all.
Publishers pay for editing, formatting, (printing, storage), distribution.
Authors see a royalty of around 10% recommended retail price. Quite a lot of the total expected royalties is paid in advance ("the advance").
This isn't great, but it's a pretty good deal, compared to, say, the music industry.
Amazon are doing very little for their 65% of RRP. Compare with Apple, who take about 30% of the sale price of music tracks.
Amazon's 65% for ebooks is totally unjustified.
My paper books sell through Amazon, and they take just 20% of the RRP. And for that they have to order, store, pack and ship the physical book.