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Oh, I know that it is what ever the publishers charge, but I'm just thinking that it is the iTunes bullshit all over again. Weird Al and a few others went on record a few years back, that they get significantly less from each iTunes sale, compared to each album sale. If I remember my figures right, was 4.5 cents per song on average via iTunes, and 33% to the artist on a CD sale. Most albums I buy are 9.99, and average 10-11 songs. For example, lets just assume 10. Buy the same album, and the means which should have lower costs, the artist only gets 45 cents. Credit card fees on each sale, if I remember right, are in the neighborhood of 34 cents for most sales. To me, it appears as if the labels are keeping the amount normally that they use for manufacturing and shipping, and shuffling off the credit card fees mostly to the artist.
Now, we cannot say that the publishing industry is doing the same without some figures, but I would wager that they're doing largely the same as the music industry. Why else would they claim that their expenses are almost identical to printed books for ebooks, when they do not have many of the expenses for ebooks that printed books have, such as shipping, printing, binding, storage, etc. Also, why would there be such concepts as a "ebook warehouse"?
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