Your figures are in error. I've never heard of a supply chain taking more than 65% of the list price, which leaves just over $9 for the publisher from the $26 hardback.
True about Baen and middle men though.
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Originally Posted by Lemurion
If Amazon is paying the publishers half of hardcover list for an eBook the publishers are making a killing. That's in the ballpark of what most bookstores pay the distributor!
Most publishers probably only see $6 of that $26.00 hardcover after the distributor and retailer take their cut. Baen's making money on $6 eBooks because they've cut out so many middlemen.
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