That's fine for authors, or publishers who are paying authors a percentage of wholesale price. Publishers paying authors a percentage of retail price are a lot better off with Smashwords.
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Originally Posted by Daithi
It actually may be better to go directly through Amazon instead of Smashwords. It doesn't look like Amazon discounts the Smashwords titles, but publishers (even small self-publishers) have their books discounted 20% (at least at the moment). So here's the math
I list my book for $12.49
_____________-$_2.50 (Amazon discounts price by 20%)
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______________$ 9.99 (Amazon sales price)
______________$ 4.37 (My royalty based on 35% of $12.49 list price)
_____________43.74% (My royalty based on $9.99 sales price)
Smashwords gives the author 42.5%
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