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Originally Posted by PaperNotIncluded
Around 14% of what is paid for it in the shop.
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So out of the 6.99 the average non-discounted paperback costs in the UK, you the author will get less than a pound. Would it then be correct to say that if all the people who have bought your book through the normal channels could pay you directly instead for a direct download from your own website (say, 2 quid each, to cover the services of the editor and of listing on some putative universal book catalogue/review/rating site), you'd be no worse off financially than you are now? Or am I missing something? Is the advertising paid for by the publisher a major factor? What does the publisher do for you, apart from getting your book onto a shelf in Waterstones, that you could not do without them?